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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... ready forward ! being communi- cated from the forecastle , the vessel is luffed up into the wind until her headway is sufficiently deadened . Or , as is advisable in a good breeze , the main or mizzen topsail is braced aback . The line ...
... ready forward ! being communi- cated from the forecastle , the vessel is luffed up into the wind until her headway is sufficiently deadened . Or , as is advisable in a good breeze , the main or mizzen topsail is braced aback . The line ...
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... ready to receive it . Indeed , it not unfrequently happens , that a gang of rigging is completed and triced up out of the way , in the rigging loft , long before the ship is ready to take it . To cut by a draft , it is necessary to have ...
... ready to receive it . Indeed , it not unfrequently happens , that a gang of rigging is completed and triced up out of the way , in the rigging loft , long before the ship is ready to take it . To cut by a draft , it is necessary to have ...
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... ready shown , and mark it K , Fig . 275. For forward leg of first pair of shrouds , measure from K to its bull's - eye , in the top , and to this distance add half the length of its cross - trees and once the diameter of the rope ; for ...
... ready shown , and mark it K , Fig . 275. For forward leg of first pair of shrouds , measure from K to its bull's - eye , in the top , and to this distance add half the length of its cross - trees and once the diameter of the rope ; for ...
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... ready , man the small purchase , and have hands to take in the slack of the main pur- chase - sway away " -the light spar will rise , the heel being steadied by tackles . When up to about the angle of seventy degrees , the guys will ...
... ready , man the small purchase , and have hands to take in the slack of the main pur- chase - sway away " -the light spar will rise , the heel being steadied by tackles . When up to about the angle of seventy degrees , the guys will ...
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... ready for the rigging ; white- lead all parts in the wake of each other , and lower away on the pendant - tackles , until the cross - trees come fair over the mast- head , cutting them forward , or a ft , as may be necessary . To Rig ...
... ready for the rigging ; white- lead all parts in the wake of each other , and lower away on the pendant - tackles , until the cross - trees come fair over the mast- head , cutting them forward , or a ft , as may be necessary . To Rig ...
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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...