Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 310William Blackwood, 1971 |
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Page 339
... watch performed on the fore and main . Custom decrees that the forward half of a ship is usually worked by the Chief ... watches spread out along the fore upper topsail yard . When that had been made fast we trooped aft to clew up and ...
... watch performed on the fore and main . Custom decrees that the forward half of a ship is usually worked by the Chief ... watches spread out along the fore upper topsail yard . When that had been made fast we trooped aft to clew up and ...
Page 413
... watch system was for one I member of the family to be at the helm and the others below . This gave each of us two hours on deck alone and six hours below with the rest of the company . Of course if there were extra jobs to - be done ...
... watch system was for one I member of the family to be at the helm and the others below . This gave each of us two hours on deck alone and six hours below with the rest of the company . Of course if there were extra jobs to - be done ...
Page 438
... watch and wait . Sitting back is really the wrong way to describe it . We tried to make ourselves useful to Don , and we became especially enthusiastic when he hinted that he might give us a discount on the fare , eighty dollars . each ...
... watch and wait . Sitting back is really the wrong way to describe it . We tried to make ourselves useful to Don , and we became especially enthusiastic when he hinted that he might give us a discount on the fare , eighty dollars . each ...
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