10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON A BOWLINE»
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on a bowline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the ...
The tacks and sheets ultimately consisted of tackles rather than the simple
tapered ropes which sufficed in Elizabethan times. Bowlines. Close-hauled, '
sailing on a bowline', as it was sometimes called, the bowlines were hauled or '
steadied ...
2
The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical ...
Hence the ship sails on a bowline, or stands on a taut bowline. — To check or
come up a bowline is to slacken it when the wind becomes large or free. — To
sharp or set taut a bowline is to pull it as taut as it can well bear. BOWLINE-BEND
.
William Henry Smyth, Sir Edward Belcher, 1867
3
The Sailor's Word:
A Complete Dictionary of Nautical Terms ...
Hence the ship sails on a bowline, or stands on a taut bowline. To check or come
up a bowline is to slacken it when the wind becomes large or free. To sharp or set
taut a bowline is to pull it as taut as it can well bear. BOWLINE-BEND.
William Henry Smyth, Edward Belcher, 2008
4
The Sailing Boat:
A Treatise
on English and Foreign Boats , ...
REACHING, AND SAILING ON A BOWLINE. 121 working to windward, except in
very light airs, and under cliff's ; but they are of great service in reaching and
running with a free wind. But withal, it is impossible to bring out the utmost speed
of ...
Henry Coleman Folkard, 1863
5
The sailing boat:
a description of English and foreign boats
Reaching, and Sailing on a Bowline. By reaching is meant sailing with a side
wind. The boat is said to be on a reach when the main-sheet is not quite close-
hauled ; and on a bowline, when the wind is free and the sheets are eased off so
that ...
Henry Coleman Folkard, 1870
6
The Sailing Boat:
a description of English and Foreign ...
RmcnINc, AND SAILING ON A BOWLINE. By reaching is meant sailing with a
side wind. The boat is said to be on a reach when the main-sheet is not quite
close-hauled; and on a bowline, when the wind is free and the sheets are eased
off so ...
Henry Coleman FOLKARD, 1870
7
Sailing Boats from Around the World: The Classic 1906 Treatise
And experienee, with skill, may make manv an old-fashioned vessel beat a new
one. By reaehing is meant sailing with a side wind. The. REACHING AND
SAILING ON A i pkaia lJr Mr. Harold Fraser. K. i lung and Miling on a bowline.
131 ...
Henry Coleman Folkard, 2012
8
The Colombian Navigator; Or, Sailing Directory for the ...
18th, Fresh breeze, S.E. by S., going 7 knots on a bowline; lat. 27" 40', long. 87°
SO' : after 4 p.m. wind light; weather hazy ; lightning with squalls during the night.
19th, Hazy, scud flying fast from the southward. 11 a.m. heavy squalls, with rain, ...
Useless on a bowline, sailing into the wind was a struggle, and that had applied
on the Baltic convoyas much as it did here, off Boston and Cape Cod. Her head
would keepfalling off, obliging Nelson totack constantly, struggling to keep up
with ...
10
The Sea Rover’s Practice
If deeply laden the prey probably sailed best on a bowline (closehauled), and if a
light vessel or lightly laden, then she sailed best free or before the wind.24 A fore-
and-aft-rigged vessel could sail a point or two closer to the wind and, being ...
Benerson Little autofilled, 2005
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON A BOWLINE»
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Bluegrass Adventures: If you're a 'Knothead,' your time has come to …
When doubled, this little hitch is great for securing loads on the back of trucks and as added security on a bowline or other knot. – Overhand ... «User-generated content, Jul 15»
Marine Insurance Brokers IRCM Announce New No Claims Bonus …
The same period on a Bowline policy offering the bonus-building no-claims rebate would net a marine trader a whopping £5,000 in total. «PR Web, Dec 13»
