Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the WorldEdward Arnold, 1899 - 213 pàgines |
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... called a " dumpy barge . " Commercially the sailing Medway barge holds her own against the railways from Rochester , so that there is much life in them yet . One very picturesque phase is when they appear as hay barges ; they are then a ...
... called a " dumpy barge . " Commercially the sailing Medway barge holds her own against the railways from Rochester , so that there is much life in them yet . One very picturesque phase is when they appear as hay barges ; they are then a ...
Pàgina 33
... called the " Volyer , " carry two lugs , whilst a third boat , known as the " Lurker , " is a handy little spritsail boat which acts as galloper to the commander - in - chief . The " master seiner is a very high post indeed . At ...
... called the " Volyer , " carry two lugs , whilst a third boat , known as the " Lurker , " is a handy little spritsail boat which acts as galloper to the commander - in - chief . The " master seiner is a very high post indeed . At ...
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... called " scows , " or floating blinds , very much like the wild fowl " blinds " used by the Dutch in the winter time on the sea . When the corners were rounded off , these SCOWS became boats ; and to give stability in deeper water a ...
... called " scows , " or floating blinds , very much like the wild fowl " blinds " used by the Dutch in the winter time on the sea . When the corners were rounded off , these SCOWS became boats ; and to give stability in deeper water a ...
Pàgina 53
... called a ' Dorey , " a generic name of almost all boats used to go over to an island . " Let us go in the Dorey . " How large these Doreys are depondent saith not , but my friend in Rhode Island , Lewis Herreshoff , gave me these ...
... called a ' Dorey , " a generic name of almost all boats used to go over to an island . " Let us go in the Dorey . " How large these Doreys are depondent saith not , but my friend in Rhode Island , Lewis Herreshoff , gave me these ...
Pàgina 54
... called an " onion . ' Perhaps it was an ephemeral term and has since passed away ; still , the complimentary epithet had its day , and a long one too . These boats mostly have a plate on the keel , not a centre - board , and are fast on ...
... called an " onion . ' Perhaps it was an ephemeral term and has since passed away ; still , the complimentary epithet had its day , and a long one too . These boats mostly have a plate on the keel , not a centre - board , and are fast on ...
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