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For the "ultimate source", Wikipedia, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_Nine_Yards (just joking about the ultimate source).three master, 3 yards per mast.
giving it the full 9 yards was full sail from what I have been told.
Works in both cases though. Of course, I wasn't around for either of those time periods, so all heresay from me.
Brian