Thanks, Ken. I rather thought American too, but I caught only the last part and did not want to assume anything. Do you know if and when British seaman wore bellbottoms?

Your proceedure seems just about what they mentioned (by text) at the end of the program.

And also, your mentioning that you wet the pants again to prevent air from flowing through reminds me of the Jack Aubrey series in which I remember a mention of wetting the sails in a heated chase, so that the ship could go a bit faster, either to get away or catch up : ) . You have a boat, right? Have you ever wet the sails to go faster? Or is the sail cloth different now. Or did you not have the inclination.

Patricia