Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 316William Blackwood, 1974 |
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Page 535
... sail by instinct . The principles of 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 ...
... sail by instinct . The principles of 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 ...
Page 536
... sailing in the Mediterranean : you either have too much wind or none at all . We slatted about all day in an uneasy calm . Nightfall brought a good wind and in the dark we raced along , Rodney asleep below , myself at the wheel . Wind ...
... sailing in the Mediterranean : you either have too much wind or none at all . We slatted about all day in an uneasy calm . Nightfall brought a good wind and in the dark we raced along , Rodney asleep below , myself at the wheel . Wind ...
Page 539
... sail was at keeping on course . But that was near the end of our crossing . 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 ...
... sail was at keeping on course . But that was near the end of our crossing . 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 ...
Contents
A BENGAL MAGISTRATE IN THE 1860s BY W HARWOOD LONG | 167 |
A CIVIL SERVANT IN WARTIME BY R KELFCOHEN | 404 |
A LYONS TALE BY SIR JAMES BALFOUR PAUL | 430 |
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| Title | Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 316 Blackwood's Magazine |
| Publisher | William Blackwood, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2022 |
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