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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... hand - lead are taken while the vessel has headway on , the leadsman throwing the lead forward , and get- ting the depth as the vessel passes , while the line is nearly per- pendicular . He communicates to the officer the soundings ob ...
... hand - lead are taken while the vessel has headway on , the leadsman throwing the lead forward , and get- ting the depth as the vessel passes , while the line is nearly per- pendicular . He communicates to the officer the soundings ob ...
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... hand - lead , say from fourteen to twenty pounds , over the side , and resting on the bot- tom , with a man to attend ... hands unoccupied , it is a prudent , and should be ob- served as a standing , rule , without regard to the weather ...
... hand - lead , say from fourteen to twenty pounds , over the side , and resting on the bot- tom , with a man to attend ... hands unoccupied , it is a prudent , and should be ob- served as a standing , rule , without regard to the weather ...
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... Hand Knot , Fig . 6 , Plate 2. Pass the end of a rope ( b ) over the standing part ( a ) and through the bight above ( c ) . A Figure - of - Eight Knot , Fig . 7 , Plate 2. Take the end of a rope ( a ) round the standing part ( b ) ...
... Hand Knot , Fig . 6 , Plate 2. Pass the end of a rope ( b ) over the standing part ( a ) and through the bight above ( c ) . A Figure - of - Eight Knot , Fig . 7 , Plate 2. Take the end of a rope ( a ) round the standing part ( b ) ...
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... hand , place them one within the other , Fig . 99 , Plate 11 , and draw them close . Hold the strand ( a , b , c ) and the end of the rope ( d ) fast in the left hand , or if the rope be large , stop them down with a rope - yarn ; then ...
... hand , place them one within the other , Fig . 99 , Plate 11 , and draw them close . Hold the strand ( a , b , c ) and the end of the rope ( d ) fast in the left hand , or if the rope be large , stop them down with a rope - yarn ; then ...
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... hand side , Fig . 132. When you have hauled the end taut through the eye , pass the riding turns round , in the same direction as at first - one in number less than the under turns , and haul hand - taut , Fig . 133. When all on , pass ...
... hand side , Fig . 132. When you have hauled the end taut through the eye , pass the riding turns round , in the same direction as at first - one in number less than the under turns , and haul hand - taut , Fig . 133. When all on , pass ...
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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...