fly and set

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27975

flying ppl Bank fishing consisted of large and small schooners. Each vessel carried from four to twelve dories with two men in each using from forty-eight to sixty lines, when we would "fly and set". What I mean by "fly and set" is that in the early part of the season we would fish under sail. The vessel would get underway, take up the anchor, hoist the sails, and the Captain would drop his dories, with two men and all the gear in each, in rotation; when the gear was set, he would sail back and pick up all his men. Each man would quickly eat his meal and the Captain would drop them all by their gear. After the gear was taken back, the Captain would again take them all aboard. If fish were plentiful, the vessel would anchor until morning. DNE-cit [see also _FLYING_ _SET_] R.H. GMS Sept 73 Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see also _FLYING_ _SET_]