ETOPS,
Subsequent to that message, I suppose you could replace 'starting number four' with 'loose the heads'ls, hands aloft to loose the tops'ls'
Position report to include mach number could be: 'close hauled, with reefs set'
Actually there was an interesting discussion some years ago as to the the etymology of 'flying-the-line' which has some nautical relation to 'ship-of-the-line'. The line inferred the naval tactic used when all the ships, one-behind-the-other, could then present their guns to the enemy in a continous barrage once they were abeam the enemy.