| 单词 | flying jib |
| 例句 | “That canoe isn’t big enough to carry a flying jib,” Nat said. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So we set all the little sails, but we did not get out from the sail locker that gafftopsail and the jibtopsail and that wonderful flying jib. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z But his sheets and halyards had been so shot away that not a sail could be set, except the flying jib. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Then: Crack! from aloft, and crack! went the jibboom, and the flying jib was off and away to leeward like a bat. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Governor, you and Jack Spaniard hoist the flying jib. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone I had scarce gained a position on the bowsprit, when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack, with a report like a gun. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Up with the flying jib, and trim aft them starboard jib and staysail sheets! Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life "Blow, sweet breeze," said D——, half to himself, half aloud; and casting his eyes, alternately from the flying jib and foresail to the swelling gaff-topsail, stooped down and looked under the boom at the land. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition I had scarce gained a position on the bowsprit when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack with a report like a gun. Treasure Island Seamen were stationed at all the yard-arms, flying jib, and driver booms, with blue-lights, which were fired simultaneously with the discharge of a dozen rockets, and the great gun of a royal salute. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery The third jib in large ships, as the inner jib, the jib, and the flying jib, set on the flying jib-boom. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. An hour went by, and as the wind was still rising, the flying jib was taken in. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers At the same time, the forecastle hands were loosing the fore-topmast staysail, jib, and flying jib, and the after-guard, or quarter-deck hands, were clearing away the spanker. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany She still came on at a spanking pace; but her canvas was reefed down rapidly until there was nothing left but the foretopsail, flying jib and the spanker. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers In light winds and smooth water she developed a speed that was absolutely phenomenal, easily running away from her two consorts on the passage down the creek under her flying jib and main sail only. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast Giddy, sick, and faint have I furled with my mate the flying jib, pinched with the cold and wet. From Lower Deck to Pulpit The rigging had been so badly shot away that the flying jib was the only sail that could be properly set. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The fore-staysail and jib had been stowed in time, and the flying jib had been blown away, so that the fore-topsail was the only sail set. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler The flying jib having been carelessly secured, the gaskets, or small ropes which bound it to the jibboom, gave way. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The lighter canvas was instantly handed—young Sam and one of the men who had gone in the boat were ordered out on the jibboom to furl the flying jib. Happy Jack and other Tales of the Sea The flying-boom is the furthermost pole projecting from the ship's bow, and the sail which is furled upon it is called the flying jib. From Lower Deck to Pulpit "That was a close call," exclaimed Rucker, as a shot cut away one of the jib stays, carrying down the flying jib. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Bent a new flying jib this morning and had the king and Tabu-Tabu holystone the deck. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Working with mad haste, they flung out topsails, flying jibs and staysails. Stories of Ships and the Sea Little Blue Book # 1169 We double reefed the mainsail reefed the foresail and hauled the flying jib down. Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department Let the body be the well-fashioned hulk, and the mind the white sails, all hoisted, everything, from flying jib to spanker, bearing on toward the harbor of glorious achievement. Around The Tea-Table Working with mad haste, they flung out topsails, flying jibs and stay-sails. Dutch Courage and Other Stories We were far out on the broad Pentland Firth, plunging about on the rough water, with our mainsail double-reefed, and the flying jib pulling away like to split itself in the wind. The Pilots of Pomona "Haul down the flying jib: take the bonnet off the jib, and put a reef in her," came the strong swift sentences. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 He groaned, protested, grunted, and finally swore volubly as Alec prodded him, while Billy hoisted the flying jib. The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty Next came, "Lay out forrard and furl the flying jib." Overland I HAD scarce gained a position on the bowsprit when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack, with a report like a gun. Treasure Island We had sweated the canvas on her, even to the flying jib and a huge club topsail she sometimes carried at the main, for the afternoon trades had lost their strength. The Mystery He saw coats in the mainsail, and fashioned phantom trousers out of the flying jib, and towards the end began to babble of blue serges and mixed tweeds. Many Cargoes Send new flying jib and spanker next loading port. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley Forward, the Swash showed all the cloth of a full-rigged brig, even to royals and flying jib; while aft, her mast was the raking, tall, naked pole of an American schooner. Jack Tier Soon the Maggy's flying jib was run up, then the foresail followed and hung loose by the throat. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter A sailor can tell, by the sound, what sail is coming in; and, in a short time, we heard the top-gallant-sails come in, one after another, and then the flying jib. Two Years Before the Mast The mate at once went out to the end of the flying jib boom, and fastened there the mystic symbol of the ban. Omoo Red hull, real lead on the keel, brass rings on the masts, reef points on the main and fore sail, jib, flying jib and topsails, all complete. The Depot Master A sailor can always tell, by the sound, what sail is coming in, and, in a short time, we heard the top-gallant sails come in, one after another, and then the flying jib. Two Years Before the Mast As quietly as was possible, I clewed up the topsails, lowered the flying jib and staysail, backed the jib over, and flattened the mainsail. The Sea Wolf Sail had been made in the early watches, so that the Ghost was racing along under everything except the two topsails and the flying jib. The Sea Wolf I ran forward and had the downhaul of the flying jib all in and fast as we slipped by the boat a hundred feet to leeward. The Sea Wolf Back we held, two miles and more to windward of the struggling cockle-shell, when the flying jib was run down and the schooner hove to. The Sea Wolf |
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