The sailing boat: a description of English and foreign boats |
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... dangerous if sudden gusts of wind catch them . ( 2 ) If a squall arises , the sheets are let go ; but it is not unusual ... danger , just the reverse . ( ' ) " The Nile Boat , ' by W. H. Bartlett , 5th ed . 1862 , p . 125 . ( 2 ) Up the ...
... dangerous if sudden gusts of wind catch them . ( 2 ) If a squall arises , the sheets are let go ; but it is not unusual ... danger , just the reverse . ( ' ) " The Nile Boat , ' by W. H. Bartlett , 5th ed . 1862 , p . 125 . ( 2 ) Up the ...
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... dangerous and fragile kind of bark in which to venture far from land , and considerable practice is necessary in order to enable a man to balance him- self inside with safety ; great caution and some little skill are also required in ...
... dangerous and fragile kind of bark in which to venture far from land , and considerable practice is necessary in order to enable a man to balance him- self inside with safety ; great caution and some little skill are also required in ...
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... dangerous than others , it is found that the ingenuity of the native boatmen has enabled them , from long experience ... dangers of the navigation cf 29 PART II ENGLISH SAILING-BOATS, YACHTS,
... dangerous than others , it is found that the ingenuity of the native boatmen has enabled them , from long experience ... dangers of the navigation cf 29 PART II ENGLISH SAILING-BOATS, YACHTS,
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Henry Coleman Folkard. ingeniously contrived to meet the dangers of the navigation cf that bold and stormy coast ; but ... danger of setting sail in small boats of a narrow form of hull ; such boats , though well suited to the oar , are ...
Henry Coleman Folkard. ingeniously contrived to meet the dangers of the navigation cf that bold and stormy coast ; but ... danger of setting sail in small boats of a narrow form of hull ; such boats , though well suited to the oar , are ...
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... dangerous . Should it suddenly or accidentally slip out of the strop or snorter which holds the lower end to the mast , it would strike the bilge or some other part so violently as to go through the side , and probably stave the boat ...
... dangerous . Should it suddenly or accidentally slip out of the strop or snorter which holds the lower end to the mast , it would strike the bilge or some other part so violently as to go through the side , and probably stave the boat ...
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