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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... Weather Tide -- Tide Rode - Wind on the Bow - Wind on Starboard Quarter - Wind Aft to Stand Out before the Wind -- Ditto to Stand Out on a Wind - Wind Athwart the Tide - Weighing from a Lee Shore-- Danger Astern and on Both Beams ...
... Weather Tide -- Tide Rode - Wind on the Bow - Wind on Starboard Quarter - Wind Aft to Stand Out before the Wind -- Ditto to Stand Out on a Wind - Wind Athwart the Tide - Weighing from a Lee Shore-- Danger Astern and on Both Beams ...
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... Weather - Barometer - Record of Weather -- Table of Force and Velocity of Wind .... CHAPTER XXIX . IN A GALE . • .pp . 498-514 Reducing Sail to a Gale - Preparations for a Gale - Down Topgallant Masts - To Scudd -- Brought by the Lee ...
... Weather - Barometer - Record of Weather -- Table of Force and Velocity of Wind .... CHAPTER XXIX . IN A GALE . • .pp . 498-514 Reducing Sail to a Gale - Preparations for a Gale - Down Topgallant Masts - To Scudd -- Brought by the Lee ...
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... weather , running slower in damp weather than in dry . The half - minute glass may be ex- amined by a watch , with a second - hand , or by the following method : -Fasten a plummet on a line , and hang it on a nail , observing that the ...
... weather , running slower in damp weather than in dry . The half - minute glass may be ex- amined by a watch , with a second - hand , or by the following method : -Fasten a plummet on a line , and hang it on a nail , observing that the ...
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... weather unnecessarily . That which is in actual use should be greased the " first and third Fridays " of the month , when spars are scraped , using for the rigging two parts of grease and one part of tar , and for the wheel - ropes ...
... weather unnecessarily . That which is in actual use should be greased the " first and third Fridays " of the month , when spars are scraped , using for the rigging two parts of grease and one part of tar , and for the wheel - ropes ...
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... weather by covering it with a coating of blacking made of tar , whiskey , lamp - black , litharge and salt water . Running rigging has nothing to protect it from the effects of the weather , excepting , in hemp , the tar taken up in the ...
... weather by covering it with a coating of blacking made of tar , whiskey , lamp - black , litharge and salt water . Running rigging has nothing to protect it from the effects of the weather , excepting , in hemp , the tar taken up in the ...
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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...