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Originally Posted by Bruce Parker
Weren't sails called 'sheets' on wind powered naval vessels, hence the phrase "three sheets to the wind"?
I think your Citadel friend may have been an army dude, I don't think 250 rounds of Vickers makes anything close to nine yards. Maybe in metric it does??
(aside, ain't Halifax the greatest place on earth?)
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"Sheets" are the ropes that control the sails, not the sails themselves (at least in modern sailing vessels .)