[onedoug]

It’s just that I have alot of affection for LPDs.

“Fair wind and a following sea.”

[GOPJ]

An early example of the phrase's use is in Herman Melville's Moby Dick, published in 1851, where it says near the end "Let me square the yards, while we may, old man, and make a fair wind of it homeward." In other words, let me square the yards (add on all sail) and make a safe journey home.

"Following Seas": Defined by Bowditch's American Practical Navigator as "A sea in which the waves move in the general direction of the heading."

Cool.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/fairwinds.htm