Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 275William Blackwood, 1954 - England |
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Page 172
Many men lie abed till eight or later , and then make a leisurely start when they hope the fickle dawn wind has settled for the day . These types also often feed expensively ashore at night . Personally I prefer to adjust my cruising ...
Many men lie abed till eight or later , and then make a leisurely start when they hope the fickle dawn wind has settled for the day . These types also often feed expensively ashore at night . Personally I prefer to adjust my cruising ...
Page 175
The men signalled back that the wind was too strong . As the gale increased , I felt greater anxiety for our anchor , which had seemed to me too light . But I sat in the cockpit for three hours till dark and we had not moved , so I ...
The men signalled back that the wind was too strong . As the gale increased , I felt greater anxiety for our anchor , which had seemed to me too light . But I sat in the cockpit for three hours till dark and we had not moved , so I ...
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Now , however , as we went on our way , we were moving towards better weather instead of worse , and in a few days entered the southeast trades , which meant a wind from right astern for weeks on end . Strange as it may seem to those ...
Now , however , as we went on our way , we were moving towards better weather instead of worse , and in a few days entered the southeast trades , which meant a wind from right astern for weeks on end . Strange as it may seem to those ...
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