On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:26:58 GMT, "scbafreak via BoatKB.com" u25927@uwe
wrote:

What, you've never heard the one about "your turn in the barrel"?

Yeah but the barrel is turned the wrong way. and I didn't see any holse in
it.

In the old days, of the great sailing ships, water was kept on deck in a
cask for sailors. It was rationed, and was therefore kept under guard.

Perhaps it's a water cask.