Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 252William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Pagina 228
... wind on the opposite tack ; and to tack - which means running through the wind instead of away from it , using the bow as a pivot➡ meant setting much sail . Moreover tacking in very high winds is extremely dangerous ; liable to carry ...
... wind on the opposite tack ; and to tack - which means running through the wind instead of away from it , using the bow as a pivot➡ meant setting much sail . Moreover tacking in very high winds is extremely dangerous ; liable to carry ...
Pagina 368
... wind seemed to show itself during the rapidly increasing squalls . We took in the upper topsails and reefed the foresail during that dog - watch . When we hove the log at six o'clock the Rustomji was doing thirteen knots , and when I ...
... wind seemed to show itself during the rapidly increasing squalls . We took in the upper topsails and reefed the foresail during that dog - watch . When we hove the log at six o'clock the Rustomji was doing thirteen knots , and when I ...
Pagina 369
... wind four points on the quarter . He had explained that one should never run with the wind dead aft in a cyclone as a big shift of wind would catch the ship by the lee . The shift of a point the right way had shown him that his plan was ...
... wind four points on the quarter . He had explained that one should never run with the wind dead aft in a cyclone as a big shift of wind would catch the ship by the lee . The shift of a point the right way had shown him that his plan was ...
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A CHANNEL PASSAGE BY R G A | 60 |
A DEAD LEESHORE BY CAPTAIN FRANK H SHAW | 163 |
A SOLDIER OF OLD INDIA BY J CHARTRES MOLONY | 192 |
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