Nor was she ever dry.

We strained her open and sailed her open and sailed her open continually.

And we abandoned the Oakland water-front and went wider afield for our adventures.
And all this glorious passage in my life was made possible for me by John Barleycorn.

And this is my complaint against John Barleycorn.

Here I was, thirsting for the wild life of adventure, and the only way for me to win to it was through John Barleycorn's mediation.