10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE EYE OF THE WIND»
Discover the use of
the eye of the wind in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the eye of the wind and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
In
the Eye of the Wind: A Travel Memoir
of Prewar Japan
A Travel Memoir of Prewar Japan Ron Baenninger, Martin Baenninger. delivered
to her in Regina a couple of weeks later complete with ammunition, which in
1939 was already useless. Her little brother Harvey tried to use it for shooting ...
Ron Baenninger, Martin Baenninger, 2009
2
The Sailing Bible:
The Complete Guide for All Sailors from ...
In a crowded sea area with changeable wind and different tidal effects, a yacht
may make several tacks, in a zigzag course towards its goal. The arc of the tack
In order to tack, you need to steer the bows of the boat through the eye of the
wind ...
Jeremy Evans, Barrie Smith, Pat Manley, 2009
3
Word Pictures in
the New Testament
The ship could not face the wind enough to get to Phoenix. Modern sailors talk of
sailing into the eye of the wind. We were not able to look the wind in the eye.
Koinē verb used by Polybius. Some MSS. have it in Ac 6:11, but only here in N.T.
In ...
4
The Water Witch; Or,
The Skimmer
of the Seas: A Tale
... little bight, which from its shape is known by the name of the Horse-shoe, than
she was seen shooting directly into the eye of the wind, and falling off with the
graceful and easy motion of a ship in stays, her head looking towards the Lust.in.
James Fenimore Cooper, 1837
5
The Last Voyage
of the Lucette
In truth, I concluded, only the devil's alternative remained open to us, a broad
alteration of course to port, away from the coast, which would require us to
change tack through the eye of the wind. If we could pull that off, then provided
we kept a ...
Once the eye of the wind was crossed, the sails were trimmed to give a push to
the bow as it turned. Later that afternoon as they resumed work on deck, the wind
picked up and was blowing a gale. John was given instructions to go below deck
...
7
American Magazine
of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge
Now set this surface in the " eye of the wind," and the mark, to which the rod is
driven, will indicate the force in pounds, &c, that the wind exerts on a square foot.
a b c d, a brass cylindrical tube ; e /, a piston passing through the tube and spiral
...
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne, 1836
Her head was in the eye of the wind now and the momentum that she had carried
into the turn, combined with the pressure of the backed foretopsail, was helping
to push her head off the wind the other way, completing the turn surprisingly ...
9
A Voyage Toward Vengeance
The wind was already beginning to build up a sea, so each of the dozen or so
circles it took was more difficult as it became harder and harder for the engine to
push the boat's head up through the eye of the wind. By the time the sail was fully
...
10
The Sea Rover’s Practice
Further, if the tacking vessel missed stays—that is, if did not pass through the eye
of the wind and onto the other tack—it was momentarily dead in the water, then
fell off on the other tack again and had to wear, or sail the long way around to the
...
Benerson Little autofilled, 2005
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE EYE OF THE WIND»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the eye of the wind is used in the context of the following news items.
Sailing ace JJ Fetter has the eye of the wind as she now helms …
JJ Fetter is a native La Jollan who attended La Jolla Elementary and Bishop's schools. She started sailing at age 7 in the junior program at the San Diego Yacht ... «La Jolla Light, Nov 11»
Sailing in the Eye of the Wind
A combination of complex wind patterns, powerful tides and ever-changing conditions has attracted what feels like every sailor, racer and yachtsman in Europe ... «Wall Street Journal, Aug 11»
Is BC's energy answer blowin' in the wind?
Dubbed the Eye of the Wind, the turbine is intended not only to reduce the ski resort's dependence on the electric grid, but also to serve as a symbol of the future ... «Straight.com, Apr 10»
