10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREYARD»
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foreyard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860
Jbects For the Fore-Topmait-Rigging. Temiants Of the Shroudcs. Shroudes. [5j
Shroudcs One time the length of the Maft from the Croftrees to the feed hole.
Burtons Onetime the length of the Foreyard. Lifts i & i times the length of the
Foreyard.
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The Mariner's Compass Rectified ...
Pennants, one third of the shrouds Shrouds, one time the length of the mast from
the crofstrees to the feed hole Burtons, one time the length of the fore-yard Lifts, 2
times and one half the length of the foreyard Cluelines, three times the length of ...
Andrew Wakely, James Atkinson, Henry Bond, 1787
3
The universal code of signals for the mercantile marine of ...
Fore see Vocabulary, 3560 to 3584 Foreigner She is a foreigner, 7064 Foremast
2179 With loss of foremast 2180 Spiling the foremast and must proceed into port
2183 Sprung foremast but ian fish it at sea 2184 Foremast sprung Foreyard Top ...
Frederick Marryat, G B. Richardson, 1866
4
Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the ...
Trimming the yards A Yard braced up; B yard braced in, or squared; C yard
braced aback, or backed; D yard braced about, or braced round; E mainyard
braced by, or counterbraced; F foreyard braced abox; G foreyard braced to. the
top-rope ...
5
Newton's Seamanship examiner
When before the "wind brace round the foreyard for the other tack, but not sharp
up,and put the staysail sheet over. Brace up the after- yards and meet her with
the helm. Trim sail and stand on. Q. Your ship is laying to in a heavy gale of wind,
...
6
The universal code of signals for the mercantile marine of ...
Frederick Marryat, G B. Richardson. PART V. SENTENCES. NO
DISTINGUISHING FLAG to be used, but Numeral Flags only to be hoisted where
best seen. Fog, (cont.) Follow. Foreigner. Fore. Foremast. Foreyard. Forget.
Fortnight. Fortunate.
Frederick Marryat, G B. Richardson, 1854
7
An inquiry into the nature and course of storms in the ...
p.m., strong winds, lulls at times, with passing showers of rain ; employed in
securing the foremast and foreyard with a topsail sheet for a . At 8 a.m., more
moderate, with passing showers of rain, bent the fore-topmast-staysail, wind
northerly.
Alexander Thom (surgeon.), 1845
8
Tom Cringle: Battle on the High Seas
The sound of the cannon is followed by a sharp crackle and a shower of splinters
from our foreyard. We've been hit! Jenkins calls to the captain, who's using his
glass as if it were a baton, waving it all about. "We're badly wounded, sir." Jenkins
...
9
Memorable Description of the East Indian Voyage, 1618-25
Our foreyard lay on deck, I said : " Lay hold of the gear of the foreyard and hoist
up the foreyard ". Which they did immediately and ran the foreyard up right to the
sheave-hole. Before that it had always seemed almost impossible to hoist the ...
Willem Ysbrandsz Bontekoe, 2004
10
Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review
don, who was present on deck, and that immediately afterwards the foreyard was
sent down by the Captain's directions. These facts were reported to the deponent,
James M. Frazer, on his taking the deck at noon. And the said James M. Frazer ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREYARD»
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foreyard is used in the context of the following news items.
Time For... Pilsen, Czech Republic
Na Spilce is located in the former fermentation cellar in the Pilsner Urquell brewery foreyard. Its 550-person capacity makes it one of the Czech ... «CIT Magazine, Apr 14»
Justice Shivraj Patil to now head Karnataka Lokayukta
... of NSS we used to level the foreyard of the temple! , hindu, muslim n christians used to visit it , some of us even studied on the parapet in front ... «MyBangalore, Jul 11»
Spar from USS Constitution arrives in Topeka
John Nesbitt, facilities manager for Topeka Unified School District 501, said, in Navy terms, the spar is a "foreyard" and a horizontal element of ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 08»
Kolams offer artistic blend to Thai Poosam festival in Tamil Nadu
Kolam attains prominence during Pongal season when girls of marriageable age meticulously prepare different Kolams in the foreyard of their ... «TopNews, Feb 08»
