Ships
epub |eng | 2009-02-26 | Author:Barry Pickthall [Pickthall, Barry]

The object of the exercise is to lean the boat to windward as the bows head into wind, then use crew weight to pull the boat back upright as soon ...
( Category: Sailing March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-07-02 | Author:Steffan Meyric Hughes

Coming off watch that night was a shocking end to my thoughts on the romance of going to sea in small boats. Eight of us, nearly the entire crew complement ...
( Category: Ships March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-03-10 | Author:Ivar Dedekam

The radar image is placed on top of the chart for direct comparison. Here the radar is shown at the top and the chart below. Setting the radar NORTH-UP (page ...
( Category: Sailing March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-07-26 | Author:John Vigor [Vigor, John]

Performance William Crealock is a designer who knows how to coax good performance out of cruising boats, and by cruising boats we mean small boats with a lot of accommodations ...
( Category: Ships March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2008-07-15 | Author:Steve Haywood

After a few more drinks during which the Rat, thankfully, kept its distance, I made the decision to stay for a few days in Uppermill. It would give me time ...
( Category: Ships March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-09 | Author:Ian McPhedran

12 The Rimau six During their time in Brisbane celebrating the success of Operation Jaywick, Ivan Lyon approached each man to ask if he would be interested in having another ...
( Category: Ships March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Pollak

* * * 1. Private or public, the port’s chances of flourishing, and of pay improving for the stevedores, would increase markedly if the war ended, and signs were already ...
( Category: Ships March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Haywood

*** The bridge across the Wey from which Weybridge gets its name is to the south-east of the town, a stylish three-arched structure topped by attractive filigree cast-iron railings. Cruising ...
( Category: Ships March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gerhard Koop & Klaus-Peter Schmolke

‘Ordinary Seaman Longsplice’ – a home-made dummy for ‘Man overboard’ exercises. Work involving all hands. Numerous members of the ship’s company are seen engaged in running out lines either at ...
( Category: Ships March 16,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-02-22 | Author:George Francis Dow

DAVIS QUADRANT. “Made by William Williams in King St. Boston.” An ivory plate has “Malachi Allen 1768.” Mahogany, 24 inches long, convex glass in the shade vane; fine example of ...
( Category: History March 16,2020 )
epub | | 0101-01-01 | Author:Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo [Cussler, Clive & Dirgo, Craig]

The Battle of Charleston. The Keokuk upper left, the Patupsco right, and the Weehawken center (Clive Cussler) The sinking of the Keokuk after she was struck by ninety-two Confederate shells ...
( Category: Ships March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo [Cussler, Clive & Dirgo, Craig]

“We’re not out of the woods yet,” cautioned Dixon. “Take up the crank. I want to put another three hundred Yards between us and Housatonic before the Union fleet is ...
( Category: History March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-09 | Author:Mary Blewitt

( Category: Navigation March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-13 | Author:Miller, William H. [Miller, William H.]

The Hoboken piers were leased to the American Export Lines in the 1950s and '60s. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) Holland America also ran a sizeable freighter ...
( Category: History March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-22 | Author:G. Bruce Knecht

( Category: History March 14,2020 )