Ian Andersson's wife, Jennie, was the inspiration behind this song. She took photos of a poor bum who dies. She gets songwriting credit for this , but more than likely Anderson wrote the lyrics.
Probably not ALL of the sailing songs..but since I'm relatively late coming to this thread I'm not lookin through 275 pages to see if this one's been posted....besides...oldies.... goodies...etc...etc....blah