Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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The wind blows warm and easy from the north - east . The sun shines . ... The light winds come and go , wooed with the lightest terylene veils , and the most tactful suggestions at the helm . After two days ' courting of the weather ...
The wind blows warm and easy from the north - east . The sun shines . ... The light winds come and go , wooed with the lightest terylene veils , and the most tactful suggestions at the helm . After two days ' courting of the weather ...
Page 534
The wind is heavy . At forty knots it comes out of the cold south - west , fetching up a short but steep sea , with not much white for warning , into which we charge at seven knots . Each unseen crest whammels the length of the gunwale ...
The wind is heavy . At forty knots it comes out of the cold south - west , fetching up a short but steep sea , with not much white for warning , into which we charge at seven knots . Each unseen crest whammels the length of the gunwale ...
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Soss has a phrase for it : “ This is The wind screeches in the rigging getting a bit on the bugle , " he says . like - like a full gale plus at sea . There We stow all sail and continue under are no land comparisons . bare poles .
Soss has a phrase for it : “ This is The wind screeches in the rigging getting a bit on the bugle , " he says . like - like a full gale plus at sea . There We stow all sail and continue under are no land comparisons . bare poles .
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| Title | Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297 Blackwood's Magazine |
| Publisher | William Blackwood, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Nov 2009 |
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