Hung out to dry

"Resigning themselves to no further action that day because of the magical fog, the opposing sides hung their sails out to dry. The fog actually contained no moisture, so this was a good opportunity to dry out the sails wetted by last night's squall. Suddenly the fog lifted, and the two parties found themselves facing each other in a flat calm, with all sails hung out to dry. It was a most unusual situation."

(original picture here)