a-hysting

Updated: May 29, 2025

"Hoist away, man, I cannot do it alone." "I am a-hysting, sir, but the tackle's got foul somehow. It's this here rough rope. The yard won't move." "Tut tut try, man, try." "All right, sir, I'll swarm up the the mast, and set it free." "But there is no time, my man. Haul haul."

George Manville Fenn - Blue Jackets: The Log of the Teaser