<<I think your link ended up so far below that it sunk.>>

As did the woman reported on deck in the paragraph in question.

Anyway, you made me laugh. Here is Bill's link:

http://home.nc.rr.com/ncmayflower/Ship.htm

as well as a later adendum:

I read a long time ago that the wine ships
did not take cargoes (such as manure) that would have
really fouled the hold.

which satisfies me.

***

It's like Grand Central at 3 a.m. around here. The footsteps echo. The laughter comes like ghosts in ten seconds back: spirits of a past so recent interred.

The outdoors beckons. Ah, but it's Saturday, and any musician will tell you, Saturday is amateur night.

Quiet moon, the tide awakening.

Good night, thieves and scoundrels; until we meet again, missed.