Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 316William Blackwood, 1974 - England |
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Page 96
... sailing boats dragged on to open beaches by horses and launched by fishermen and their womenfolk . The first steam - powered boats , built in 1890 , had engines sucking in water and expelling it through jets ; screw - propelled vessels ...
... sailing boats dragged on to open beaches by horses and launched by fishermen and their womenfolk . The first steam - powered boats , built in 1890 , had engines sucking in water and expelling it through jets ; screw - propelled vessels ...
Page 535
... sailing elude me ; I sometimes wonder why a boat should sail at all . Running before the wind is easy to explain - you can feel the boat being pushed along . But this is when you can gybe uninten- tionally - gybe all standing as they ...
... sailing elude me ; I sometimes wonder why a boat should sail at all . Running before the wind is easy to explain - you can feel the boat being pushed along . But this is when you can gybe uninten- tionally - gybe all standing as they ...
Page 539
... Sailing across the Atlantic with the trade winds must be the best introduction to ocean cruising : fairly constant winds ( although we had a week of calms when we began to wonder if our navigation was wrong and we were in the doldrums ) ...
... Sailing across the Atlantic with the trade winds must be the best introduction to ocean cruising : fairly constant winds ( although we had a week of calms when we began to wonder if our navigation was wrong and we were in the doldrums ) ...
Contents
NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS BY R HUDSON SMITH 113 | 47 |
PRIMA DONNA IN A PLAIN SUIT BY LESLIE GARDINER 154 | 59 |
QUEST FOR A MIRACLE BY VIRGINIA STUART 418 | 142 |
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