Seamanship: Compiled from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous Original and Select Designs, for the Use of the United States Naval AcademyD. Van Nostrand, 1868 - 699 páginas |
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Página xvii
... close hauled ( i . e . , as close to the wind as she can lie ) , can approach no nearer to it than six points ; to the perfect understanding of which the young sea officer must make himself thoroughly acquainted with the Mari- ner's ...
... close hauled ( i . e . , as close to the wind as she can lie ) , can approach no nearer to it than six points ; to the perfect understanding of which the young sea officer must make himself thoroughly acquainted with the Mari- ner's ...
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... close hauled ( as before mentioned ) , can lie no nearer to the wind than six points : therefore , if a ship be close hauled on the starboard tack , and her head at north , count six points from thence to the right hand , or towards the ...
... close hauled ( as before mentioned ) , can lie no nearer to the wind than six points : therefore , if a ship be close hauled on the starboard tack , and her head at north , count six points from thence to the right hand , or towards the ...
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... Close hauled , with the port tacks aboard , heading S. S. E. , you bear up , keeping away six points , how will the ship head , and how will the wind be with reference to the ship's beam ? Ship heading N. N. E. on the starboard tack , a ...
... Close hauled , with the port tacks aboard , heading S. S. E. , you bear up , keeping away six points , how will the ship head , and how will the wind be with reference to the ship's beam ? Ship heading N. N. E. on the starboard tack , a ...
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... close as for splicing ; then single - wall each set of ends - those of one rope , against the lay , ( i . e . from left to right if the rope be cable- laid , as in the figure ) , round the standing part of the other . The ends are then ...
... close as for splicing ; then single - wall each set of ends - those of one rope , against the lay , ( i . e . from left to right if the rope be cable- laid , as in the figure ) , round the standing part of the other . The ends are then ...
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... close to the rope by working them backwards and forwards quickly , two or three times ; then parcel and serve over with spun yarn . After stick- ing the ends once , clap on a good stop around all to keep the parts close together while ...
... close to the rope by working them backwards and forwards quickly , two or three times ; then parcel and serve over with spun yarn . After stick- ing the ends once , clap on a good stop around all to keep the parts close together while ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abaft aloft anchor bend bight boat boom bowline bowsprit braces buntlines burton cable capstan chain clear clew Cloth cringle deck downhaul eye-bolt fathoms fitted fore foresail forward furl furling sails grommet guns guys halliards Haul taut hawse hawser head yards heave heel helm hemp hitch hoist hook inches jiggers keep knot laniard lashing length let go lifts lower yards luff mainsail mast mast-head mizzen outhaul overhaul pass pendant pendant-tackles Plate port purchase quarter ratline ready reef reeve rigging rope round round seizing rove RUNNING RIGGING sail secured seizing sennit shackle sheave sheer sheet ship shrouds side single block slack slings spanker spar splice square standing starboard stay staysail stern stopper stowed strain strap studding-sail tack tackle thimble tide toggle top-gallant topmast topsail trysail turns upper veer vessel weather weight whip wind yard-arm yarns
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Página 363 - ... so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Página 363 - ... from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Página 359 - The points to be aimed at are, first and immediately, the restoration of breathing ; and secondly, after breathing is restored, the promotion of warmth and circulation. The efforts to restore...