Samuel Coleridge wrote Rime of the Ancient Mariner somewhere around 1797. Perhaps his most famous stanza came in Part 2 of the 7 part poem:
Water, Water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink;
Water, water, everywhere
And all the boards did shrink.

I’d wager there isn’t one yachtsman who hasn’t recited those famous lines when at sea on a day [...]