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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... Tacking - To Trim Yards - Table of Best An- gles of Yard with Keel - To Haul of All - Missing Stays - To Tack under Double Reef Topsails - To Tack , Using a Drag— Clawing off a Lee Shore -- Club Hauling - Ditto Steamers-- Wearing ...
... Tacking - To Trim Yards - Table of Best An- gles of Yard with Keel - To Haul of All - Missing Stays - To Tack under Double Reef Topsails - To Tack , Using a Drag— Clawing off a Lee Shore -- Club Hauling - Ditto Steamers-- Wearing ...
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... tack , and her head at north , count six points from thence to the right hand , or towards the east , and you will find the wind must be at E. N. E. The wind then forms an angle with the keel of six points , or sixty - seven degrees and ...
... tack , and her head at north , count six points from thence to the right hand , or towards the east , and you will find the wind must be at E. N. E. The wind then forms an angle with the keel of six points , or sixty - seven degrees and ...
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... tack , heading S. W. W. , how will she head on the other tack ? With the wind at S. W. and steering due east , the ship is hauled up two points and a half , how will she head ? Close hauled , with the port tacks aboard , heading ...
... tack , heading S. W. W. , how will she head on the other tack ? With the wind at S. W. and steering due east , the ship is hauled up two points and a half , how will she head ? Close hauled , with the port tacks aboard , heading ...
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... tack and sheet blocks . Clew - garnet Blocks are single , iron - bound , and bolt or shackle to the iron bands on the quarters of the fore and main yard . They hang under the yard and receive the clew - garnets , by which the courses ...
... tack and sheet blocks . Clew - garnet Blocks are single , iron - bound , and bolt or shackle to the iron bands on the quarters of the fore and main yard . They hang under the yard and receive the clew - garnets , by which the courses ...
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... tack , having one end square ( the shoulder prevents the block from jambing the rope against the yards ) , and some others . Shoulder - blocks are rarely ever used . Block - and - block , or two blocks , is the term applied to a tackle ...
... tack , having one end square ( the shoulder prevents the block from jambing the rope against the yards ) , and some others . Shoulder - blocks are rarely ever used . Block - and - block , or two blocks , is the term applied to a tackle ...
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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...