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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... Helm -- To Box Off - To Chapel Ship - Ditto , without Touching a Rope - Bracing in - Bracing up - Taken Aback - Calm -- Attraction of Vessels - On Heading Course in a .pp . 467-474 Calm ... CHAPTER XXVI . EMERGENCIES . Vessels ...
... Helm -- To Box Off - To Chapel Ship - Ditto , without Touching a Rope - Bracing in - Bracing up - Taken Aback - Calm -- Attraction of Vessels - On Heading Course in a .pp . 467-474 Calm ... CHAPTER XXVI . EMERGENCIES . Vessels ...
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... helm be put a - starboard , for example , then A C , two thirds of the entire breadth , D present the desired surface to the action of the water , B but the strain on the tiller , is diminished by the one C third B C , which acts in ...
... helm be put a - starboard , for example , then A C , two thirds of the entire breadth , D present the desired surface to the action of the water , B but the strain on the tiller , is diminished by the one C third B C , which acts in ...
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... helm , besides imparting to a vessel a short and chubby appearance , far from pleasing to the eye of a seaman . Rigging Lower Masts - Tressle - Trees . To send up the lower tressle - trees , send a couple of stout burtons to the mast ...
... helm , besides imparting to a vessel a short and chubby appearance , far from pleasing to the eye of a seaman . Rigging Lower Masts - Tressle - Trees . To send up the lower tressle - trees , send a couple of stout burtons to the mast ...
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... helm , to make the vessel keep to the wind . In the ordinary evolutions at sea , these objectionable causes are not always self - evident , in consequence RIGGING SHIP . of producing effects which are correspondingly imperceptible 136 ...
... helm , to make the vessel keep to the wind . In the ordinary evolutions at sea , these objectionable causes are not always self - evident , in consequence RIGGING SHIP . of producing effects which are correspondingly imperceptible 136 ...
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... helm . Cutting out Sails . Sails are cut out cloth by cloth , the width being governed by the length of the yard , gaff , boom , or stay ; the depth by the height of the mast . The width and depth being given , find the number of cloths ...
... helm . Cutting out Sails . Sails are cut out cloth by cloth , the width being governed by the length of the yard , gaff , boom , or stay ; the depth by the height of the mast . The width and depth being given , find the number of cloths ...
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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...