wh-wh-whi-i-i-i-ing

Updated: May 23, 2025

I had had a glimpse through the spy- glass, and thought I recognized Mr. Snider. We hauled the tender alongside, and Spook got in it to begin the towing. Just as he did so, and as I was standing outside the cock-pit, there came a sound above my head as if the air had been split open. "Wh-wh-whi-i-i-i-ing whip!" The sail of the "Hoppergrass" shivered and the halliards rattled.

Edmund Lester Pearson - The Voyage of the Hoppergrass