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... forward , by putting the helm to port or starboard , the hollow part clears the bank , and enables the boat to get off immediately . There is , among the naval models in the Kensington Museum , a beautiful model of a Dahabéëh , upon a ...
... forward , by putting the helm to port or starboard , the hollow part clears the bank , and enables the boat to get off immediately . There is , among the naval models in the Kensington Museum , a beautiful model of a Dahabéëh , upon a ...
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... forward of the fore - thwart , and is pierced for a small mast this thwart is fixed lower than the others , and is , in fact , but a few inches above the bottom of the boat . When going before the wind , a light lug - sail is sometimes ...
... forward of the fore - thwart , and is pierced for a small mast this thwart is fixed lower than the others , and is , in fact , but a few inches above the bottom of the boat . When going before the wind , a light lug - sail is sometimes ...
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... forward , in the bows of the boat . ( See the engraving which faces this page . ) With boats so rigged , pilots fearlessly luff up to leeward along- side ships at sea , deliver a pilot , and bear away again without striking sail or ...
... forward , in the bows of the boat . ( See the engraving which faces this page . ) With boats so rigged , pilots fearlessly luff up to leeward along- side ships at sea , deliver a pilot , and bear away again without striking sail or ...
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... forward , and the mizzen - mast at the extreme end of the stern . Open boats , so rigged , are very handy under sail ; and they may be sailed under various changes as regards shortening and dispensing with one or more of the sails in ...
... forward , and the mizzen - mast at the extreme end of the stern . Open boats , so rigged , are very handy under sail ; and they may be sailed under various changes as regards shortening and dispensing with one or more of the sails in ...
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... forward , and they have a larger mainsail , which is laced to the boom ; and they carry a stay - sail ( also laced to a boom ) in the place of our cutter's fore - sail and jib . The keel of the New York sloop is very deep aft , but at ...
... forward , and they have a larger mainsail , which is laced to the boom ; and they carry a stay - sail ( also laced to a boom ) in the place of our cutter's fore - sail and jib . The keel of the New York sloop is very deep aft , but at ...
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