The sailing boat: a description of English and foreign boats |
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... hull of the ancient galleys , as improved by the classical ancients , was made in conformation of the body of a duck , which was said to furnish the best model . ( 4 ) The materials of which sails were anciently made were rushes , broom ...
... hull of the ancient galleys , as improved by the classical ancients , was made in conformation of the body of a duck , which was said to furnish the best model . ( 4 ) The materials of which sails were anciently made were rushes , broom ...
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... hull , are well adapted for the navigation of that grand and interesting river . The lofty pointed latine sails which they carry , have a grace- ful and pretty effect , when viewed at a distance , as they bear their heavy burden along ...
... hull , are well adapted for the navigation of that grand and interesting river . The lofty pointed latine sails which they carry , have a grace- ful and pretty effect , when viewed at a distance , as they bear their heavy burden along ...
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... hull ; and , like the other Nile boats , is low at the bows , and high at the stern , with cabin and gallery , after the manner represented in the engraving which forms the Frontispiece of this work . A modern Dahabéëh ( said to be one ...
... hull ; and , like the other Nile boats , is low at the bows , and high at the stern , with cabin and gallery , after the manner represented in the engraving which forms the Frontispiece of this work . A modern Dahabéëh ( said to be one ...
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... warned against the danger of setting sail in small boats of a narrow form of hull ; such boats , though well suited to the oar , are unsafe with a sail . PILOT LUGGER . Boats with narrow sterns are not desirable 30 ENGLISH SAILING - BOATS .
... warned against the danger of setting sail in small boats of a narrow form of hull ; such boats , though well suited to the oar , are unsafe with a sail . PILOT LUGGER . Boats with narrow sterns are not desirable 30 ENGLISH SAILING - BOATS .
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... hull , with sharp bows . Schooner - rigged boats have long been in use by the native boatmen on various parts of the English coast ; and since the victories gained in English waters by the famous schooner yacht America , ' ( 1 ) various ...
... hull , with sharp bows . Schooner - rigged boats have long been in use by the native boatmen on various parts of the English coast ; and since the victories gained in English waters by the famous schooner yacht America , ' ( 1 ) various ...
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