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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... Wind - From Fixed Moorings - and Stand Out Before the Wind - in Shortest Manner Possible - Danger Astern - On a Lee Shore - In a Tideway -- Head to Wind and Tide To Back Astern - Wind Rode and Weather Tide -- Tide Rode - Wind on the Bow - ...
... Wind - From Fixed Moorings - and Stand Out Before the Wind - in Shortest Manner Possible - Danger Astern - On a Lee Shore - In a Tideway -- Head to Wind and Tide To Back Astern - Wind Rode and Weather Tide -- Tide Rode - Wind on the Bow - ...
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... Wind to anchor - Head on - On a Wind - Scant Wind - Narrow Chan- nel - Beating in on Flood - Free Wind and Ebb Tide - Running in under Double Reefs - Anchoring off a Coast - To Pick up Moorings - To make fast to a Buoy - To anchor by ...
... Wind to anchor - Head on - On a Wind - Scant Wind - Narrow Chan- nel - Beating in on Flood - Free Wind and Ebb Tide - Running in under Double Reefs - Anchoring off a Coast - To Pick up Moorings - To make fast to a Buoy - To anchor by ...
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... wind than six points : therefore , if a ship be close hauled on the starboard 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 ...
... wind than six points : therefore , if a ship be close hauled on the starboard 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 ...
Página 136
... wind on the sails , from a line parallel to one forming an oblique angle with the keel . This , of course , should be guarded against , as offering an impedi- ment to the progressive movements of the ship , not , however , so much in ...
... wind on the sails , from a line parallel to one forming an oblique angle with the keel . This , of course , should be guarded against , as offering an impedi- ment to the progressive movements of the ship , not , however , so much in ...
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... wind ; on which account ships sailing on a wind require a head - sail and an after - sail— one to counteract the other , so that the spanker being at one end of the lever , as it were , and the jibs at the other , they are of great ...
... wind ; on which account ships sailing on a wind require a head - sail and an after - sail— one to counteract the other , so that the spanker being at one end of the lever , as it were , and the jibs at the other , they are of great ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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...