| 单词 | headsail |
| 例句 | They took the headsail down and went as slowly as possible until daylight, when they checked the boat for damage. Sail like a girl: How an all-female team made history and won the 750-mile Race to Alaska 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z To reduce wind resistance, they swapped out the pointy bowsprit between the boat's two hulls with a stubbier version, because the winds were too strong for the billowing headsail that attaches to it. Oracle sailors learned flying for America's Cup comeback 2013-09-29T18:37:04Z Then, while Carroll slipped the moorings, he ran up the headsails, and springing aft, seized the tiller as the boat, slanting over, began to forge through the water. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z “Lower away your dinghy,” cried McBain to Allan, as he hauled the headsails to windward and stopped the cutter’s way, “it will be a bit of practice for you.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Her black headsails swept out of the shadow of the neighboring head, the tall boom-foresail followed, and a second later he saw the greater spread of her after canvas. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z It tangled in the braces, and rendered the headsails useless. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The dripping red headsails of a bark glided out of the fog, and the "We're Here" rang her bell thrice, using sea shorthand. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z At least, that was the rig she’d been intended for, by the position of the mast, but they’d divided the single headsail for handier working. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Then the ensign was dipped, the headsails hauled to leeward again, and away they went. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z "Get forward, Harry, and claw that headsail off her." The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Suddenly the topsails filled, the headsails blew out with a vicious snap, and just as the sloop lurched forward, the little boat was abreast the forechains. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z She stood along under easy sail, She made us out and tacked, She waited there with her headsails full, And her big maintopsail backed. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 Ten minutes afterward they ran the headsails down, and Aynsley ran her gently on to the beach. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Two more headsails followed; and before the tattooed man had scrambled to his feet, a topsail schooner of some hundred tons had luffed 7 about the sentinel, and was standing up the bay, close-hauled. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) She ran in under her headsails and boom-foresail with her mainmast bare, rising higher and growing clearer all the while. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z These operations of salvage had taken time, and it took us a further unconscionable time to cover the distance between us and the brig as she lay hove-to, her maintopsail aback and her headsails drawing. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Mr. Duncan, when he saw the Lucy’s crew trying to save the headsails, couldn’t contain himself. The Seiners Then we got up our headsails so as to get steerage-way on her, and bless my soul if the blocks made a creak! The Harbor of Doubt Flatten in the fore and main sails and give a strong pull at the headsail sheets. Marcy The Blockade Runner Forward, the men jumped to handle the headsails. A Man to His Mate The young skipper was determined to test the question, and, lashing the helm, he hoisted her headsail. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. We hauled up, cleared, warped down to the buoy; and then, hoisting mizzen and headsails, cast loose and worked back to our old quarters. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Under headsails and riding sail the Rosan swung into the light air that stirred the fog and began to crawl forward while the men were still cat-heading the anchor. The Harbor of Doubt The boatswain forward has the worst of it, for the restive sheets and headsails won't come to trim without a fight when it's breezing up and seas are running. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Main and fore were close furled, the headsails also, and the Karluk was nosing against the far end of the rapidly diminishing basin. A Man to His Mate The helm of the stranger was put down, and with her headsails backed against the masts, she lay, hove to. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. He put up his helm and filled his headsails. Old Jack The tide there runs three knot, and, with our headsails an’ the light air o’ wind, we just managed to hold her even. The Harbor of Doubt The faint back-draught from the headsails fanned his cheek and chest with a wine of coolness, and he was in an ecstasy of appreciation of the schooner's qualities. A Son Of The Sun They entered the beginning of the fog, curling wisps of it reached out, twining over the bowsprint and headsails, enveloping the foremast, swallowing the schooner as a hurtling shell crashed into the stern. A Man to His Mate The headsails quickly filled, the wind blew out of the harbour; the after-sails were set, and the “Young Crusader” glided rapidly towards the ocean. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Two men went to the helm, while others rigged relieving-tackles, and at length all the after-sail being taken off her, the headsail filled, and once more she ran before the wind. Old Jack The cable of the vessel, a schooner, was cut; and the night wind blowing off shore, headsail was got on her, and she stood out after the first captured. True Blue From for'ard came the jerking rattle of headsail halyards through the sheaves. A Son Of The Sun The helm was put up—the aftersails were brailed up and furled—more headsail was got on her. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Spars were got out and secured to the sides and quarters, but still some hope remained that the wind might catch her headsails, and pay her off in time to avoid it. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. “Then heave up the anchor, sheet home the headsails, up with the helm, and let her cast to starboard,” cried the captain, almost in the same breath. Old Jack “If we back our headsails, Sir Henry, we shall run stern on the enemy, and may then carry her by boarding!” he exclaimed. True Blue The headsails were handed, the schooner was rounded to, the anchor let go, and she rode in safety inside the reef. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific The black crew were pulling and hauling at the brails of the headsails, when a fierce blast struck the vessel. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure The jib was instantly run up, and it and the other headsails catching the wind, away she glided from the berg. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Just then the helm was put down, and we saw some of them with blows and threats urging the drunken crew to take in the headsails, leaving the maintopsail only to steady the ship. Old Jack The headsails, which alone were set, in an instant were blown from the boltropes, and flew like fleecy clouds far away down to leeward. True Blue “Loose the headsails—man the windlass,” cried Harry. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific The stranger now kept edging down towards the “brig-of-war,” which stood on under her topsails, mainsail, and headsails. The Three Lieutenants Stirling, who admitted that he knew nothing about such matters, sat down aft and lighted a cigar, while Weston proceeded to get the tall gall mainsail and big single headsail up. The Gold Trail The ship required some headsail, and this would not try the damaged mast so severely as the foresail had done, with its wide extent of canvas. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story While Lawrence was trying to slacken headway and regain the desired position, the enemy's shot disabled his headsails, and the Chesapeake came up into the wind with canvas all a-flutter. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 The anchor was quickly hove up—the headsails and then the mainsail set, and the schooner glided on towards the passage through the reef. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific Their shot began to inflict considerable damage on the rigging, and at length the slings of the fore-topsail-yard being shot away, down came the topsail, while the other headsails were completely riddled. The Three Lieutenants After a while, Weston, lowering the headsail, dropped the anchor over close to the beach, and Major Kinnaird paddled a canoe off gingerly. The Gold Trail First, the smallness of the yard to which the head of the gaff-topsail is laced; and secondly, the great size of the headsail. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 She carried two slender masts with no bowsprit to speak of, having no headsails, and her two tanned wings bellied out while the whole of her fabric pitched and rolled over the white crested waves. Sweetapple Cove I saw under the curve of my headsail the long and hazy line, which is the only frontier of England; the plain that rather marries with than defies her peculiar seas. Hills and the Sea And a little breeze blew over the rail that made the headsails lift, But no man stood by wheel or sheet, and they let the schooners drift. Verses 1889-1896 Then while Carroll slipped the moorings, Vane ran up the headsails and springing aft seized the tiller as the boat, slanting over, commenced to forge through the water. Vane of the Timberlands Three times they tried and failed; each time the vessel slowly came up into the wind, but the heavy waves forced her head off again before the headsails filled. Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden The foremast was still standing, but the foretopsail was flying loose, and the headsails were streaming out in long, white pennons in front of her. The Green Flag She was now under spanker and the headsails. Cappy Ricks Retires The art of sailing into a wind had not yet been invented, nor was there any fore-and-aft canvas, save for small headsails with which a vessel could be turned. Sir Nigel Not the tiniest triangle of headsail was on her. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The schooner seemed to be straying promiscuously through the smother, her headsail banging wildly. Captains Courageous For the ketch, under her spanker which had just then been flat-hauled, had come into the wind, emptying her after-sail and permitting her headsails to fill on the other tack. Jerry of the Islands Two more headsails followed; and before the tattooed man had scrambled to his feet, a topsail schooner, of some hundred tons, had luffed about the sentinel and was standing up the bay, close-hauled. The Wrecker |
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