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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... weather to any other kind of boat, on account of their remarkable buoyancy. The English peasants term these interesting little boats 'cruckles.' In Hereford and Monmouth they are called 'thoracles,' and 'truckles; ' and on the western ...
... weather to any other kind of boat, on account of their remarkable buoyancy. The English peasants term these interesting little boats 'cruckles.' In Hereford and Monmouth they are called 'thoracles,' and 'truckles; ' and on the western ...
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... weather. These curraghs, when managed skilfully under oars, are said to be capable of living in a heavier sea than other open boats of their size, by reason of their extraordinary buoyancy. They are usually manned by four persons; in ...
... weather. These curraghs, when managed skilfully under oars, are said to be capable of living in a heavier sea than other open boats of their size, by reason of their extraordinary buoyancy. They are usually manned by four persons; in ...
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... weather; it also makes the sailing-boat more complete—but nevertheless, if too much sail be set, and the sailor too venturesome in strong winds and a rough sea, the half-decked boat is not infallible, and in the hands of a reckless boat ...
... weather; it also makes the sailing-boat more complete—but nevertheless, if too much sail be set, and the sailor too venturesome in strong winds and a rough sea, the half-decked boat is not infallible, and in the hands of a reckless boat ...
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... weather, the nearer she approaches in form to the modern Scotch fishing-lugger before mentioned the greater perhaps will be her capability of so doing. The advantages of such a model have been abundantly proved, and are of world-wide ...
... weather, the nearer she approaches in form to the modern Scotch fishing-lugger before mentioned the greater perhaps will be her capability of so doing. The advantages of such a model have been abundantly proved, and are of world-wide ...
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... weather-helm ;' and such will not be the case if the foresail be too large Short wide boats of suitable depth, rigged as sloops or cutters, or with sprit-sail and fore-sail, are best adapted for turning to windward in narrow channels ...
... weather-helm ;' and such will not be the case if the foresail be too large Short wide boats of suitable depth, rigged as sloops or cutters, or with sprit-sail and fore-sail, are best adapted for turning to windward in narrow channels ...
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