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Jan 29, 2017
I think you're wrong on windlaced, sorry. The reference is to the windlass, which is an alternative word for capstan, basically the sailors would fit bars to the capstan, and heave up the heavy anchor and chain by tramping round the capstan. Very often a song or sea shanty, would be sung, to ease the work along. It makes perfect sense, the next (ie outgoing) tide will take us from shore, (we'll use the) windlass (to raise the anchor), and as we head out to sea and meet the ocean swell, we'll gather salt and spray over the bow. .. . Read Alan Villiers "The Last Grain Race"; or read Dana, the classic "Two Years Before the Mast".