Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 295William Blackwood, 1964 |
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... sail the barge by themselves : Peter knew what to do but he was not quite heavy enough to do it . I had acted as temporary mate of barges before , and had once sailed as third hand from London to Keadby , on the Trent , with Bob . I ...
... sail the barge by themselves : Peter knew what to do but he was not quite heavy enough to do it . I had acted as temporary mate of barges before , and had once sailed as third hand from London to Keadby , on the Trent , with Bob . I ...
Pagina 463
... sail it made it harder to haul out the clew . Bob left the wheel and ran forward to add his weight to ours , and soon we had the rope belayed . Peter and I then shifted to the halliard , to haul the sail up the top- mast . This was even ...
... sail it made it harder to haul out the clew . Bob left the wheel and ran forward to add his weight to ours , and soon we had the rope belayed . Peter and I then shifted to the halliard , to haul the sail up the top- mast . This was even ...
Pagina 465
That is why two men can sail such a huge vessel . The sail is not reefed like that of an ordinary fore- and - aft - rigged vessel , it is simply furled a little by hauling in the brails . But a spritsail barge cannot go to windward in a ...
That is why two men can sail such a huge vessel . The sail is not reefed like that of an ordinary fore- and - aft - rigged vessel , it is simply furled a little by hauling in the brails . But a spritsail barge cannot go to windward in a ...
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