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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... Taken Aback - Calm -- Attraction of Vessels - On Heading Course in a .pp . 467-474 Calm ... CHAPTER XXVI . EMERGENCIES . Vessels Communicating at Sea -- To Heave to , Wind aft - Struck by a Squall under all Sail - On the Bearing of an ...
... Taken Aback - Calm -- Attraction of Vessels - On Heading Course in a .pp . 467-474 Calm ... CHAPTER XXVI . EMERGENCIES . Vessels Communicating at Sea -- To Heave to , Wind aft - Struck by a Squall under all Sail - On the Bearing of an ...
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... taken by the hand lead , a quarter- master or forecastle - man being stationed in the main chains for the purpose ; the lead weighing from seven to fourteen pounds , and the line being from twenty to thirty fathoms in length . Soundings ...
... taken by the hand lead , a quarter- master or forecastle - man being stationed in the main chains for the purpose ; the lead weighing from seven to fourteen pounds , and the line being from twenty to thirty fathoms in length . Soundings ...
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... 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- ' tained , thus ...
... 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- ' tained , thus ...
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... taken round the standing part ( e ) , forming a circle ; two round seizings ( d ) are then clapped on . The clinch on any rope is always made less than the cringle , & c . , through which the rope is rove . There is an outside clinch ...
... taken round the standing part ( e ) , forming a circle ; two round seizings ( d ) are then clapped on . The clinch on any rope is always made less than the cringle , & c . , through which the rope is rove . There is an outside clinch ...
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... taken round the rope and through the eyelet - hole in the sail , Fig . 124 , Plate 15 ; and the ends are finished off by taking a hitch round all , and then passed under two , over one , and under two , as before . Grommet Muzzle ...
... taken round the rope and through the eyelet - hole in the sail , Fig . 124 , Plate 15 ; and the ends are finished off by taking a hitch round all , and then passed under two , over one , and under two , as before . Grommet Muzzle ...
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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...