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... complete as possible ; and with that view he has made considerable additions to the work , not only in regard to new matter , but also in the number of Illustrations it contains . As regards the letter- press , the present Edition is ...
... complete as possible ; and with that view he has made considerable additions to the work , not only in regard to new matter , but also in the number of Illustrations it contains . As regards the letter- press , the present Edition is ...
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... complete ; it is , in fact , a model of a Nile boat recently built for His Highness the Viceroy of Egypt . It has a very sharp hollow bow , but is broad in the aft part , with a flat floor and shallow form of hull ; and , like the other ...
... complete ; it is , in fact , a model of a Nile boat recently built for His Highness the Viceroy of Egypt . It has a very sharp hollow bow , but is broad in the aft part , with a flat floor and shallow form of hull ; and , like the other ...
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... complete smash to occur on board , in the midst of a calm , by a sudden gust from a gap or cliff . The Nile boatmen are careless sailors , and much in the habit of making the mainsheet ( shoghóol ) fast and to this , and the ...
... complete smash to occur on board , in the midst of a calm , by a sudden gust from a gap or cliff . The Nile boatmen are careless sailors , and much in the habit of making the mainsheet ( shoghóol ) fast and to this , and the ...
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... complete ; but notwithstand- ing , if too much sail be set , and the sailor too venturesome , the half - decked boat is equally liable to be upset and sunk . THE SPRIT - SAIL AND FORE - SAIL RIG . For small open sailing - boats , there ...
... complete ; but notwithstand- ing , if too much sail be set , and the sailor too venturesome , the half - decked boat is equally liable to be upset and sunk . THE SPRIT - SAIL AND FORE - SAIL RIG . For small open sailing - boats , there ...
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... complete short spreet ; but when the reefs are shaken out , and the whole of the sail is required to be spread , then the lower or tubular end of the spreet is shipped on , and you have a long spreet at once . Such is undoubtedly a very ...
... complete short spreet ; but when the reefs are shaken out , and the whole of the sail is required to be spread , then the lower or tubular end of the spreet is shipped on , and you have a long spreet at once . Such is undoubtedly a very ...
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The Sailing Boat: A Description of English and Foreign Boats Henry Coleman Folkard Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
The Sailing Boat: A Description of English and Foreign Boats Henry Coleman Folkard Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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amidships Ancient Author ballast bamboo block boat boom bottom bows bowsprit breadth built cabin canoes canvas capsized carry catamaran Chinese coast construction contrivance coracle crew deck Dictionary English engraving feet in length fitted flat fore-sail galley gunwale halliards hauled heavy sea helm HISTORY hoisted hollow hull Illustrations inches iron Islands JEAN INGELOW JOHN STUART MILL keel lateen rig lateen sails life-boat light lower lug-sail luggers main-mast main-sail main-sheet manner Maps mast narrow natives nearly numerous oars open boats outrigger paddles placed planks Plates Post 8vo proa propelled prow punt reefed revised revolving rivers rope round rowlock rudder running sailing-boats Second Edition secured shape ships side sometimes spars spreet sprit-sail squall Square crown 8vo steering stem stern tack Third Edition trim vessel vols Voyage weather whilst wild-fowl WILLIAM ODLING wind windward wood Woodcuts yacht yard yawl
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