Sailing Boats from Around the World: The Classic 1906 TreatiseCourier Corporation, 6 de out. de 2012 - 576 páginas Comprehensive, profusely illustrated book documents early-20th-century sailing. Includes detailed, instructional manual for beginning and experienced sailors, review of small vessels then in use; racing boats, odd and experimental vessels, and more. Over 380 line drawings and photographs, including body, deck, and sail plans. Nautical vocabulary. Indexes. Bibliography. |
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... Coracle of Ancient Britain, and the Cymba sutilis of Virgil. It is mentioned by Homer that the boat built by Ulysses was put together with wooden pegs instead of bolts; 1 and that the gunwale was raised by hurdles of osiers to keep off ...
... Coracle of Ancient Britain, and the Cymba sutilis of Virgil. It is mentioned by Homer that the boat built by Ulysses was put together with wooden pegs instead of bolts; 1 and that the gunwale was raised by hurdles of osiers to keep off ...
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... draining of Whittlesea Mere, and in other parts of the Fen districts, canoes in a very good state of preservation have been excavated at a considerable depth from the surface. THE CORACLE. 'We dared to think, we dared to say,
... draining of Whittlesea Mere, and in other parts of the Fen districts, canoes in a very good state of preservation have been excavated at a considerable depth from the surface. THE CORACLE. 'We dared to think, we dared to say,
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... Coracle is one of the earliest forms of boat ever constructed in Great Britain. Some of the coracles of the ancient Britons, composed of two hides and a half, were large enough to contain three men, with a week's provisions; others were ...
... Coracle is one of the earliest forms of boat ever constructed in Great Britain. Some of the coracles of the ancient Britons, composed of two hides and a half, were large enough to contain three men, with a week's provisions; others were ...
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... coracle ; he describes it as 'made of thongs, so as to resemble wicker-work.'29 One of the most curious circumstances connected with the art of British boat-building is that at the present day, boats (i.e. coracles) are carefully made ...
... coracle ; he describes it as 'made of thongs, so as to resemble wicker-work.'29 One of the most curious circumstances connected with the art of British boat-building is that at the present day, boats (i.e. coracles) are carefully made ...
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... coracle may appear in the yards of British boatbuilders, and on the wide world of waters, it is a stubborn fact that the coracle is now, as then, fully adequate to the purpose for which it was intended. Coracles are as much in use as ...
... coracle may appear in the yards of British boatbuilders, and on the wide world of waters, it is a stubborn fact that the coracle is now, as then, fully adequate to the purpose for which it was intended. Coracles are as much in use as ...
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Sailing Boats from Around the World: The Classic 1906 Treatise Henry Coleman Folkard Visualização parcial - 2000 |
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