10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORESHEET»
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foresheet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The American boy's book of sports and games: a repository of ...
Sheets, the ropes by which the lower sails are made fast in the position desired;
we say, for instance, "Haul taut the foresheet," which means, tighten the foresheet
. Each sheet is distinguished by the name of the sail to which it is attached ; for ...
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The boy's own book: a complete encyclopedia of all the ...
Sheets, the ropes by which the lower sails are made fast in the position desiiFd ;
we say, for instance, " haul taut the foresheet," which means tighten the foreslrpt.
Each sheet is distinguished by the name of the sail to which it is attached; ...
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The Boy's Own Book; a complete encyclopædia of all the ...
SHEETS, the ropes by which the lower sails are made fast in the position desired;
we say, for instance, “ haul taut. the foresheet," which means tighten the forelheet
Each sheet is distinguished by the name of the sail tn which it is attached; ...
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Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea
An old sailor's saw runs, "Shipshape and Bristol fashion, the captain on the poop,
and the cook to the foresheet," and certainly in small vessels it was usual for the
cook to let go one sheet, run through the galley, and haul away on the other as ...
Oddly enough, by long tradition he was stationed at the foresheet when the
vessel went round in stays,224 perhaps because the leads for the foresheet were
outside the galley doors. An old sailor's saw runs, “Shipshape and Bristol fashion,
...
Gustav Tjgaard, Phillip Carlson, 2012
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The American Boy's Book Of Sports And Games
Sheets, the ropes by which the lower sails are made fast in the position desired;
we say, for instance, "Haul taut the foresheet," which means, tighten the foresheet
. Each sheet is distinguished by the name of the sail to which it is attached ; for ...
Jack McConnell, Lyons Press, 2000
At this critical juncture, the boatrnan who held the foresheet let it fly, careless
beyond his own immediate preservation, and sprung over the stern of the boat so
as to get clear of the struggling individuals who were thus in a moment
precipitated ...
For example, when one desires to throw a fishing line over the side in order to
catch supper, or when one needs to remain close by to recover a man overboard.
The James and Matthew does it perfectly: I let go the foresheet, spilling the wind,
...
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The Metropolitan Magazine
“ Mr. Percy, what the devil are you about ?—where's the hand stationsd to the
foresheet ?" said the first lieutenant, “ Jump up and see. Mr. Percy makes one
step to the left hand-port, the wise it call. “ Where's the midshipman 0' th' ...
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Self Culture for Young People: Sports, pastimes and physical ...
foresheet. Each sheet is distinguished by the name of the sail to which it is
attached : for instance, the mainsheet means the sheet belonging to the mainsail
; in like manner, jibsheet, foresheet, etc. The jib, however, has two sheets, one on
...
Andrew Sloan Draper, Charles Welsh
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORESHEET»
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... the steering gear out of an old dump truck, and main and foresheet blocks that used to be lifeboat davit blocks on a World War II Victory ship. «'Lectronic Latitude, Aug 05»
