| 单词 | sailing vessel |
| 例句 | I slipped my book under the sofa cushion because it had a picture of a great sailing vessel on the front. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A small patrol boat, burning biodiesel and kicking up fumes, moved between huge sailing vessels, carrying pilots out to ships that waited to be guided in to dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the cargo barges were old broken sailing vessels, but others were larger, more massive. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He asked Dasch, "Have you ever been on board of a sailing vessel? Are you a good sailor?" Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I just somehow knew an old sailing vessel was the best bet for me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Day 874 A loss of the ship’s lock on the star Canopus—in the lore of constellations the rudder of a sailing vessel. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Plucky sailing vessels from half a dozen European nations dispersed to every ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The first sailing vessel dates back to 7,000 years or so ago, and so does the origin of writing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But because Spanish ports and vessels were closed to Dutch shipping, the economic survival of the tiny republic depended on its ability to construct, man and deploy a great fleet of commercial sailing vessels. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While Queen Victoria's reign saw the steady rise of steam-powered ships, sailing vessels only slowly became obsolete, and ships often used a combination of steam and sail. Poem of the week: Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson 2012-12-24T09:00:14Z The AF Chapman & Skeppsholmen is a famous hostel on an old sailing vessel moored in the centre of the city, with beds from about £22 a night. A local’s guide to Stockholm: 10 top tips 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z They are unlike any kind of sailing vessel in the world. Geoff Dyer is out of his depth in 'Another Great Day at Sea' 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z SAT-SUN Free rides on historic sailing vessels, music, nature programs, toy boat building, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar 2012-05-09T22:07:04Z At the pinnacle of his career, he became the commander and part owner of the Northern Light, which he called “the finest American sailing vessel afloat.” Frank Bascombe’s Seafaring Foil 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z A painting of an old sailing vessel, the canvas slipping from the frame and partly edged in tar. Galleries: One view of how people of color are portrayed in pre-modern art 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z This movie exists for its digital airborne sailing vessels and deadly retro-futuristic flamethrowers. 'The Three Musketeers': Not one for all 2011-10-19T22:31:04Z Museum offers a primer on traditional Frisian sailing vessels. Bikes and ferries combine for a freewheeling Dutch adventure 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The family had almost a collection of bottles picked up by sailing vessels and along coastlines. Sea Story by AS Byatt 2013-03-15T13:58:58Z River cruises, sailing vessels and expedition itineraries attract an older, well-traveled crowd. The most frequently asked travel questions answered 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Sea shanties were work songs developed on 19th century sailing vessels. Social media stars sail away with sea shanty record deals 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z As on many classic sailing vessels, this crew includes nomads who move from ship to ship across the globe. Taste some ales while you take a sail on classic schooner Zodiac on Bellingham Bay 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Raised among a community of boat-builders in Massachusetts, MacLean’s sculptural pieces take their cue from the fine craftsmanship of traditional wood sailing vessels. Datebook: The art of an influential school, video dystopia, the drawings of a Chicano activist 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Another option: hop aboard the Schooner American, a 130-foot-long sailing vessel turned cocktail lounge, moored alongside the restaurant for appetizers. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Cape May, N.J. 2011-06-30T19:01:36Z The Grace Bailey is part of the state’s so-called windjammer fleet, a collection of sailing vessels that take people on excursions up and down the coast. Mast snaps aboard historic Maine schooner, killing 1 and injuring 3 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z He was speaking from the stern of a sailing vessel that was dragging a sample-collecting device across Switzerland's biggest lake, also known as Lac Leman. Plastic levels in Swiss-French lake as high as world's oceans 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z It is believed that one or two orcas started interacting with and damaging small sailing vessels in 2020. Atlantic orcas 'learning from adults' to target boats 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z She is also the coordinator for two organisations set up to help small-scale producers see their organic, fair-trade goods transported via wind-powered sailing vessels - Sail Cargo London and Kent Sail Cargo. The return of cargo-carrying sail ships 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z At the same time, the Norse added sails to their unique sailing vessels, longships. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Victory Chimes, which has been taking guests on pleasures cruises on the Maine coast since the 1950s, became so synonymous with Maine that the 2003 state quarter featured a sailing vessel modeled after the schooner. 123-year-old schooner will be leaving Maine after auction sale 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The morning of Nov. 4, 1875, the Pacific collided with the sailing vessel Orpheus, following a communication that led the schooner to turn when it shouldn’t have. Diving drones and a timid octopus: WA treasure hunters find shipwreck 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z There are still multiple options available for fans in Qatar available to rent, ranging from hotels, cruise ship rooms, traditional dhow sailing vessels and tents, the fan village, porta cabins and caravans. al-Jaber said. Qatar unveils 6,000 cabin World Cup fan village in desert 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Of the last, the most notable is the Discovery, a three-masted sailing vessel that also had a steam engine. In Scotland, a city’s world-class industrial past informs its present 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The first transatlantic crossing was a race between two steamships going from England to New York in 1838; soon, sailing vessels became what they are today: archaic novelties. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Steamboats could travel faster and more cheaply than sailing vessels or keelboats, which floated downriver and had to be poled or towed upriver on the return voyage. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “The team uncovered portions of three 18th-century sailing vessels, commercial building foundations and more than 100,000 artifacts, including foreign coins.” Robinson Landing nears the end of the line in Alexandria, Va. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z American sailing vessels probed ever farther, carrying cargoes to the Baltic, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and even as far as China, as well as to the battling superpowers of western Europe. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Coast Guard on Thursday said it had intercepted a sailing vessel carrying 191 Haitians. U.S. returns 40 migrants to Cuba after intercepting two vessels 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Earlier this month, the Coast Guard rescued 176 Haitians from a 60-foot wooden sailing vessel as it approached the Florida Keys. Coast Guard calls off Florida search for 'human smuggling' boat passengers; more than 30 deaths feared 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Coast Guard on Wednesday reported intercepting 191 Haitians aboard an overloaded sailing vessel a day earlier off the Bahamas, a known transit point for sea-borne human smuggling routes operating between the Caribbean and Florida. U.S. Coast Guard reports intercepting 191 Haitians aboard sailing vessel off Bahamas 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Coast Guard pulled 176 Haitians from an overloaded, unseaworthy wooden sailing vessel as it approached the Florida Keys, officials said. Coast Guard rescues 176 Haitians from sailboat off Florida 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The migrants traveled in the dark holds of American sailing vessels that carried timber and cotton in one direction and people in the other, in voyages that lasted from one to three months. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Navy said Thursday it rescued five Iranians suspected of smuggling drugs after they apparently set fire to their stash on board a traditional sailing vessel off the coast of Oman, though one remains missing. US Navy rescues drug smugglers from burning ship off Oman 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The organization contends the nonnative, invasive mice, likely introduced by sailing vessels in the 19th century, are messing with the natural environment and threatening the ashy storm petrel, among other seabirds. Column: The U.S. wants to air-drop poison on Farallon Islands mice. Not everybody hates the idea 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Coast Guard personnel rescued three occupants who were found clinging to their 42-foot sailing vessel off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Friday afternoon, according to reports. Coast Guard rescues 3 off New Hampshire found clinging to vessel: reports 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z "The rescue swimmer attempted to swim to the sailing vessel, but due to the seas and the drift of the vessel, the rescue swimmer was unable to reach the vessel," the Coast Guard said. Disabled sailboat caught in Sally off Florida's Key West spurs Coast Guard rescue 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Artisans turned out plentiful goods like woolen cloth and metalwork in growing numbers of market towns, selling to merchants who shipped crops and handicrafts to distant consumers by pack trains and sailing vessels. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Dhows are traditional sailing vessels usually built for fishing in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. 7 traditional wooden ships burn in factory in southern Iran 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The original Mayflower was a wooden, commercial, lightly-armed sailing vessel. Modern-day Mayflower sets off from Poland ahead of 400th anniversary voyage 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Near the wooden sailing vessels, the scientists found bacteria that degrade cellulose and hemicellulose, some of the primary components of wood. Microbes Point the Way to Shipwrecks 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “The 19th-century sailing vessel from Tahiti that definitely didn’t sail on the Great Lakes,” he said. Port Huron Museum will rearrange artifacts in 3-week closure 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z A similar revolution is already underway in the shipping industry, which accounts for 2.5% of global carbon emissions, with companies developing strategies to transport goods on emission-free sailing vessels. Greta Thunberg sparks surge in sailboat hitchhiking 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “The question is, how do we grow respectfully and responsibly?” asks Robert d’Arcy, captain of the foundation for the statuesque Schooner Martha, a 1907 wooden sailing vessel that is now a local icon. Port Townsend wrestles with its increasingly complex identity and dizzying change 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z He raised money and did other jobs for Greenpeace, including leading the refitting of the Rainbow Warrior, which was converted to a sailing vessel. Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace leader who escaped 1985 sabotage bombing, dies at 63 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Based on the shapes of the wooden sailing vessels and the artifacts found nearby, the ships were most likely built in the 19th century. Microbes Point the Way to Shipwrecks 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The 42nd annual Sailfest opened Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday with sailing vessels, rides, music, food, vendors and a fireworks show on Saturday night. New London’s annual Sailfest celebration under way 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Defense officials said the intelligence that sparked their concern included imagery of containers on the deck of at least one dhow, a sailing vessel, which were believed to contain assembled ballistic missiles from Iran. Pompeo makes unannounced visit to Baghdad amid rising tensions with Iran 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The sailing vessel serves as a training ship for Peruvian cadets. Peruvian tall ship arrives in San Francisco for celebration 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The keel-laying ceremony harkens back to the days of sailing vessels when construction began with a keel upon which the ship is built. Former senator helps kick of assembly of ship bearing name 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The bags of drugs seized on the dhow - a type of sailing vessel - weighed 3,048kg. UK warship seizes three tonnes of hashish 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Historic England said it is believed to be "a substantial oak-built sailing vessel measuring 47.2m long", and likely to date from the late 18th or early 19th century. Tudor shipwreck to be excavated 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z On two shipwrecks close to the source of the outpouring of oil – a German U-Boat and a wooden 19th-century sailing vessel – scientists saw a visible oil residue. BP oil spill residue altered building blocks of ocean life, scientists say 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z To key into the colonial/nautical brand aesthetic, the earliest packaging featured a sailing vessel called the Grand Turk, with other ships joining the fleet starting in the 1940s. As Father's Day approaches, a vintage Old Spice bottle sheds new light on my departed dad 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry escorted the 73-year-old mariner to port aboard his 44-foot sailing vessel once the flooding was under control. Coast Guard aids Canadian mariner whose vessel flooded 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z The keel-laying ceremony harkens to the days of sailing vessels when construction began with a keel upon which the ship is built. Wife of late senator celebrates destroyer bearing his name 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Tall ships are replicas of historic sailing vessels and symbols of the seagoing heritage of the coastal ports where they are moored. Tall ships festival called off in South Carolina 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z It created an aura of mystery that led one Twitter user to observe that he expected to see the ghostly, legendary lost sailing vessel, the Flying Dutchman, loom into view. Fog enshrouds Washington but brings little relief from drought 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Her followers say the stadium’s look was inspired by the sails of traditional Arab sailing vessels known as dhows. Qatar’s World Cup organizers block out Arab dispute 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Hu named her company after the revolutionary 19th century sailing vessels. When she interviewed for a dishwashing job, Lina Hu got a $40-million idea 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z For the first time in six centuries, a traditional Polynesian sailing vessel had made the voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti, covering more than 2,700 miles without instruments. Ben Finney, Anthropologist Who Debunked Theory on Island Settlement, Dies at 83 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z A majestic maritime gathering is bringing more than 50 grand sailing vessels from 14 countries into Boston Harbor. The Latest: Boston hosts more than 50 tall ships 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The Canadian military launched a rescue mission on Friday to reach several sailing vessels in distress in the mid-Atlantic after high seas and hurricane-strength winds disrupted a sailing race from Britain to the United States. Canada launches rescue as winds hit trans-Atlantic sailing race 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, the richer route from Turkish shores to southern Italy — occasionally on elegant wooden and fiberglass sailing vessels — is booming, the Italian authorities say. Smugglers Offer Luxury Passage for Migrants, if They Can Pay 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Catlin could practically be on a sailing vessel as he handles the smooth wooden pins holding knots of rope in place. Ahoy there! Actors overhead! 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Archaeologists date the discovery to the 13th or 14th century, opening a new window on forerunners of the 15th- and 16th-century sailing vessels that discovered the New World, including those of Columbus. ‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z This is a long time, but as Mr Musk pointed out, not unprecedented: passengers on sailing vessels once endured similarly long journeys. The world is not enough 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The retired U.S. space shuttle Endeavour was named after the famed sailing vessel. U.S. researchers may have found Captain Cook's ship Endeavour 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z In 1418, European sailing vessels left their ports to explore the Atlantic Ocean, initiating a great Age of Discovery. New NASA Spacecraft Will Be Propelled By Light 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z He was on the team six years ago that unearthed an 18th-century sailing vessel at the World Trade Center site. Discovery of Burial Ground Backs a Less Conventional Version of Harlem’s History 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z There two Swahili boatmen, Captain Hassan and Titus, escorted me to a nearby dhow, a traditional Arab sailing vessel crafted from wood and favored in myth by the likes of Sinbad the Sailor. Welcome to Lamu: Africa’s Most Captivating Artists’ Retreat 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Kauai is the only county in the state that does not have its own sailing vessel. Voyagers near completion of Kauai canoe 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The evening’s game is part of the Cruinniu na mBad — Irish for “gathering of the boats” — an annual celebration of the distinctive wooden sailing vessels called Galway hookers. A Passion for Hurling, the All-Ireland Game 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The replica of the Continental sailing vessel Providence is the state flagship and tall ship ambassador. Rhode Island’s tall ship falls during storm’s strong winds 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z We jumped on board a sailing vessel large enough to live on yet not too large to handle. Stronger Family Bonds, Two Years After Hurricane Sandy 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z After seeing an extraordinary Facebook post of a photo of the eruption, shot from the sailing vessel Obelisk, I dug in a bit. Dynamic Planet: Under the Volcano in Papua New Guinea 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z During its early days as a shipbuilding facility, the Navy Yard produced 22 sailing vessels. Oldest Navy facility is site of U.S. shooting, despite security checks 2013-09-16T23:39:56Z Documents from the time tell how the Russians loaded hundreds of thousands of Circassians onto sailing vessels and turned the evictees’ abandoned homes over to the empire’s shock forces, the Cossacks. Let the Games Begone 2012-05-21T05:00:00Z I remember reading in the paper not so many months ago of the skipper of a sailing vessel who tried for days to beat up from Melbourne to Fremantle. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z A sailing vessel is a living thing, and each has ways of her own. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z In these branches the masters of sailing vessels and steamers may note the probable location of obstructions that have been reported. From the Archive, 1912: What We Know About Icebergs 2012-04-10T18:45:00.450Z From a sailing vessel it is impossible to obtain absolutely reliable soundings except in, say, a tideless lake, unruffled by wind. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z After the early steamers came by degrees iron sailing vessels, till at length we find iron applied to a grand steamer, magnificent then and first-class still, the Great Britain. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Now it is a common highway for steamships and some sailing vessels, the latter being often towed through by steam tugs.54.First discovered by Tasman in 1642. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z A fast sailing vessel is better, for he could hear our screw. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z Flour, butter, syrup, sugar, tea and coffee were brought at long intervals over great distances by sailing vessels. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Of course, there was the chance that some sailing vessel, not equipped with wireless, might come upon the scene, but this was so remote that it could be dismissed from consideration. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Should there not be some more stringent provisions with respect to the inspection of sailing vessels? The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z They soon steamed out of what might have been to a sailing vessel a serious predicament, and closely examined the field for forty miles without finding an opening. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Beside the Decatur, a solitary sailing vessel, the Bark Brontes, was anchored in the harbor. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Occasionally, however, we received letters by a sailing vessel. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z They own about sixty small sailing vessels trading to Muscat and other ports and also do some pearl-fishing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Hitherto all voyages of discovery in the Arctic seas had been made in sailing vessels. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Stevens in that conflict and at its close went to California, going from there to Portland by sailing vessel in 1850. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Within a medallion at the center of the compass card is depicted a sailing vessel at sea; surrounding the medallion is a riband inscribed "Made and Sold by Joseph Halsy Boston—New England." Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z He was traced to New Bedford, and there it was reported that he had last been seen boarding a sailing vessel outward bound. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Their escape had been little short of miraculous, and a sailing vessel, however strong, would probably never have so successfully braved the dangers of the pack as did the little steam-yacht Fox. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z In fact, if one could rely on the wind, a sailing vessel of one of the types which have been evolved in the district to meet its needs would really be preferable. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Gradually we approached this, and, after a little doubt, it proved to be no rock, but a sailing vessel of some kind. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z He would then wander away among the China Seas or the Indian Ocean, and I could pass an examination on the social habits of captains of sailing vessels that ran to Bombay in old days. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Dagupan has a small shipyard in which sailing vessels and steam launches are constructed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Italian losses included seven steamships of over 1,500 tons, three sailing vessels of over 100 tons, and fifteen smaller sailing craft. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z He noted the large oval conference table, the brass chandeliers, the American walnut paneling and the ornately framed oil painting of a military sailing vessel on a stormy sea. Regal Office in Brooklyn Is Envy of Judges 2012-01-26T02:31:02Z Nothing afloat was sacred to the Hun; and he seemed to take particular pride in destroying small vessels, even little sailing vessels. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z In 1837-38, the export of palm oil was already about 14,200 tons, all carried in sailing vessels principally owned in Liverpool, and mostly by firms that had been in the slave trade. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z With the introduction upon the lakes of this new method of propulsion the carrying of passengers on sailing vessels quickly ceased. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Perhaps more would have been if a sailing vessel could go straight ahead, in any direction, like a steamer. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z There is also a regular correspondence by sailing vessels with all the leading Italian ports, and those of the Levant, as well as with Constantinople, Corfu, and Trieste. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z These submarines, however, attacked almost exclusively sailing vessels and small coastwise steamers, rarely, if ever, using torpedoes. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z These poor people now found themselves in a sad plight, but the Liverpool supercargoes in the river gave them quarters in their different sailing vessels and hulks. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z With them began the new method for travel, far exceeding in speed and facilities any previously existing, so that the stage lines and sailing vessels were quickly eliminated. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Commercial marine numbers 44 sailing vessels and 1 steam vessel. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Steamers, which are better able to resist the force of the waves than sailing vessels, generally cast anchor nearer the shore, so that passengers may be more easily landed, and coals shipped with greater facility. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z This scheme of sailing vessels in groups, and escorting them by warships, is almost as old as naval warfare itself. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The inferiority of sailing vessels to vessels propelled by steam has now been conclusively established, and steam packets are being placed on every station. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The vessels frequenting the ports in those days were mainly sailing vessels, the era of great steam freighters not having come. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z His uncle chose his ship, and sent him away round the Cape in a good old-fashioned sailing vessel. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The sailing vessels in the roads of Funchal are mostly under English and American flags. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Queer-looking sailing vessels, at a distance, aroused suspicions that they might be submarines in disguise. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Originally sailing vessels were largely used, but these have practically disappeared, giving place to steamers, which have grown steadily in size with every increase in available draught. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Many sailing vessels meeting with varying success, were plying between all the ports on the lake. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z He and his son, who was his partner, built for their trade a sailing vessel of forty tons burden, without doubt the first one of the kind upon the great lake. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z That night," concluded Quinn, "a big sailing vessel was met off Point Banda and they found a full month's supply of opium aboard of her. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z Wednesday, Nov. 23 After two months on a sailing vessel in the South Pacific, we were ready to go home. Scientist at Work Blog: Heading Home From the South Pacific 2011-11-25T19:56:21Z Left or navigable semicircle,—Steam and sailing vessels: Bring the wind on the starboard quarter, note the course and hold it. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z When this route was given up, which happened some ten years before the Independence of Mexico, which was proclaimed in 1820, communication with the Peninsula was by sailing vessels via the Cape of Good Hope. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z An underground railroad agency took the poor fellow in charge, and soon placed him aboard a sailing vessel bound for Canada, where he finally arrived in safety. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z The immense preponderance of steamers over sailing vessels in the grain trade has also had the effect of greatly diminishing stocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z He said that for their marine they wanted light frigates, cutters, or swift sailing vessels of that size. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z If obliged to heave-to, steamers may do so stern to sea; sailing vessels on the port tack. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z The increasing scarcity and high price of timber is now a difficulty, and sailing vessels are in little demand. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z If you care to read what life at sea in a sailing vessel really is like, this is the book that tells the story.... Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The sailing vessel is helpless in a storm. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Their 58-foot sailing vessel had been boarded by 19 men looking to bring the Americans to Somalia so they could be ransomed. Somali sentenced to life in prison for role in yacht hijacking that left 4 Americans dead 2011-10-03T16:16:17Z A year later we find him in command of a sailing vessel. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z It could, however, give employment to a flotilla of small steamers and sailing vessels on its northern and southern coasts. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Three sailing vessels had also come in, all from Chinese ports. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z Recourse was had to the sailing vessels until 1863, when a more satisfactory arrangement was concluded with Robert Grieve on June 2, 1863. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z In 1800 when he had only been in this country fifteen years, he was clearing fifty thousand dollars on a single trip of one of his sailing vessels. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z The danger of separation always threatened sailing vessels, and elaborate devices and instructions were always prepared to lessen its likelihood and to face the emergency. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Since the introduction of steamers into the coasting trade, the construction of sailing vessels has greatly diminished. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It is quite the custom with captains of English tramp steamers, and also with those of sailing vessels, to drop opium overboard in sealed rubber bags while off the Farraleone Islands. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z Previous to that time, mails were sent as the opportunity was afforded by sailing vessels visiting that coast. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z I guess the tender floated out with the tide, for the first thing I knew 167 I was looking up at three fellows leaning over the bow of a big sailing vessel. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z That again is significant, taking into consideration the limited room on a sailing vessel for food and other necessaries. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Warren Riess of the Darling Marine Center of the University of Maine and his wife, Kathleen, inspecting the bow of the 18th-century sailing vessel found at the World Trade Center site. City Room: The World Trade Center Ship, From Stern to Stem 2011-08-05T19:28:39Z There is a fascinating individuality about sailing vessels which does not attach to steamships. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z There was at this period a communication every second day with the ports of Brigus, Harbour Grace and Carbonear, by a sailing vessel, which carried passengers and letters. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z There between the storm-lashed ledges, With the shifting sand and sea-weed, Ever drifting all about them Lie canoe and sailing vessel, Broken by the wild waves' fury. Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut 2011-08-03T02:00:11.913Z The advantages of steam navigation were made even more apparent as they proceeded, for the ships were able to steam through ice-encumbered water which would have been quite impassable for sailing vessels. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z If Napoleon had deemed it best to have continued his journey across the Atlantic to America he would have been compelled to pass several weeks on an uncomfortable sailing vessel. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z This deduction is also corroborated by the presence of numerous European steamships, and full-rigged sailing vessels devoted to the transportation of merchandise. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The plan Knox unfolded to Walsingham was to have a fleet of fast sailing vessels ply between England and Caplin bay, Newfoundland. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z People were shy of trusting themselves on board, and parties interested in the stage-coaches and sailing vessels, spread all sorts of absurd reports about her. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z One day near the beginning of the war, a small sailing vessel, probably twenty-two feet in length, and with several persons on board, came into Little Wicomico. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The Admiral Pekhard was not a fast ship; but she was very comfortably furnished, well manned, and was said to be an even sailing vessel in stormy weather. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z On watch, day in, day out, on a sailing vessel, scanning the distant horizon, the eye, becoming adapted to it, is far-sighted. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z In 1819, a sailing vessel, the "Savannah," fitted up with a boiler and engine and provided with a pair of paddles which could be hauled on deck at will, started from Savannah, Georgia, for Liverpool. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The ships of war in those earlier times were wooden sailing vessels, and they were very slow-goers when compared with the swift cruisers which sail the ocean now. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z The menhaden products, oil and green scrap in bulk, were carried back to the same city by sailing vessels. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The watches had been changed long since and she knew that on a sailing vessel this would be the second dog watch. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z “A sailing vessel of some sort,” answered Dave, and he wondered if it could be the Golden Eagle, coming back after the storm. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z At Falmouth the greater part of the letters from Boston were delivered by the masters of sailing vessels. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z There were no steamships, and the sailing vessels had, of course, to depend upon the wind to carry them to their destination. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z After that they were caught in purse seines operated from sailing vessels. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z He spent seven years in whaling, at the close of which time he came to Ontonagon in a sailing vessel, and thence with three companions in a dog sledge to Ashland, arriving February, 1856. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Belief in god never helped a man to supersede the sailing vessel by the steamship, the old coach by the railroad, the scythe by the reaping machine, nor the fastest locomotion by the telegraph wires. Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:33.907Z The remedy sought was a line of sailing vessels devoted entirely to the conveyance of correspondence. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z It was so successful that steamships soon began to take the place of sailing vessels in all the navies of the world. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z Most likely by sailing vessel, up the Potomac. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Tourists and summer visitors crowd the hotel, or gather in groups along the lake shore, while the lake is dotted with their sailing vessels. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z One or two small sailing vessels still followed in the Chesapeake's wake. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The difference in the number of steam and sailing vessels afloat is far from the proportion of disasters. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z A few old-fashioned wooden vessels—steam frigates and sailing vessels—are still to be found in our navy yards, but these would be of no use in a battle. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z When a sailing vessel left the Potomac and headed south toward Jamestown it traveled about six miles down the Chesapeake and then it came to the entrance of the Great Wicomico River. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Hayes was fully alive to the absolute necessity of steam-power for complete Arctic success, but strictly limited means obliged him to go in a sailing vessel or not at all. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z She made the voyage in a sailing vessel, a small brig laden with hay. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Even now there is often insufficient water at the bar for deeply-laden vessels of ordinary size, and the entrance is particularly unsafe for sailing vessels to enter unassisted at certain times. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Of such there were six old iron vessels and ten wooden frigates, all propelled by steam, and seventeen old wooden sailing vessels, some of which were used as receiving ships. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z In front flowed the river where the small sailing vessels, barges and log canoes belonging to the men who had come to court were tied or anchored. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Breaking out his schooner on July 10, 1861, an unprecedentedly early date for an Arctic ship, he quickly decided that he could hope for no further northing in a sailing vessel. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z I sometimes wish I were a deep-sea fisherman and could spend six weeks at a time out of sight of land in a smelly little sailing vessel.” The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z We had also to encourage the building of large ships, both steam and sailing vessels. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The fishing fleets of Gloucester, Boston, and Portland total about 512 steamers and sailing vessels. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z With the nets and small sailing vessels the men caught fish in what were known as pound nets. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Two hundred and forty ships of war were assembled, but that was not all, for the Queen's suite alone consisted of thirty steamships, and there were many hundred private steamboats and sailing vessels. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z On the ridge of the Mansion House roof was to be seen for a number of years a large and beautiful model of a completely-equipped sailing vessel. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z And there is every sort of fishing between that which engages a navy of sailing vessels and men, down through all the methods of fish-taking—by nets, by spearing, still fishing, and fly-fishing. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z On Christmas Day 1832 he took passage in a sailing vessel for the Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z In the late summer of 1867, Elijah W. Reed, of Sedgwick, Maine, loaded his kettles and presses on two small sailing vessels, the Two Brothers and the A. F. Powers, and sailed for Virginia. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Where shipments are made on sailing vessels, drafts are frequently drawn at four or six months' sight, and many other transactions go through against cable payments. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z With his share carried in buckskin sacks belted around his waist under his clothes, Mr. Roper started in a sailing vessel up north along the coast on a trip, hunting for richer diggings. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The slips, once crowded with steam and sailing vessels, were now vacant, except that an old sloop with a worm-eaten gunwale, tattered sails, and rigging hanging in shreds, alone remained. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z She was a heavy ship, but being a sailing vessel, we had nothing to fear, even if she should prove to be an enemy. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The discovery of magnetism enabled sailing vessels to venture freely out of sight of land, and to traverse the wide ocean with even greater safety than to sail near the shore. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z The evolution from the first cutting machine—the old hand-operated wooden plough and press—to the present power-driven steel mechanism is like the advance from the old wooden sailing vessel to the modern steel ship. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z Of course one shouldn’t drive and text at the same time, he continued, but for “a harbor pilot bringing a huge four-masted sailing vessel into Boston Harbor, paying attention was a good idea then, too.” 18 and Under: Untangling the Myths About Attention Disorder 2010-12-14T07:10:04Z An Australian search plane located her the next day, and the sailing vessel picked her up two days later. Teen sailor feared ?no one would come? to save her 2010-06-30T14:26:00Z In the same period U-boats sank sixty-one Italian steamers and forty-six Italian sailing vessels. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. But the unsuitability of the Panama transit for sailing vessels will unquestionably lead to their quicker decline. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Argentina has an extensive coast-line, and one of the great fluvial systems of the world, the tonnage of steamers and sailing vessels flying her flag is comparatively small. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Nearly fifty years after the invention of steam navigation, the United States depended principally upon sailing vessels for its defense. The Ifs of History On 17th June, 1903, he embarked from Christiania on the small sailing vessel the Gj�a, with a company of six men, and reached King William Land, where the vessel remained for two years. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He had seen at once that the masts and rigging usual to sailing vessels were wanting from this new craft; he could therefore approach a-horseback with comparative safety. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Its trade has been carried on mostly with Europe, and especially England, in sailing vessels that have plodded round the distant Horn. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Finally the few swift sailing vessels which could be mustered into the service were kept cruising off the shore to espy the approaching squadron. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 A considerable number of foreign sailing vessels also carried on an important coasting trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" As the sailing vessel had to lie out in the deep water, her cargo was being brought ashore in big boats, with high bows and sterns that could each carry a wonderful load. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River On the oceans, only sailing vessels continued to move. The Year When Stardust Fell But even such cargoes are certain to be largely transferred to the steamship when it is realized that the Panama Canal is "no road" for sailing vessels. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise "Such a gale as this will play havoc with the sailing vessels," said Larry. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy The Galatea was a good sailing vessel, loaded with goods, and was bound for Constantinople. Little Miss Joy As the whale-boat went up the harbor, a sailing vessel was getting ready to depart. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution They have attempted to supply the community with seafood, but there are not enough sailing vessels. The Year When Stardust Fell The trade has been mostly carried on in sailing vessels. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Far to the eastward was a sailing vessel flying a signal of distress. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy Wreck of mysterious sailing vessel Dorothea said to have had a huge fortune in gold bricks cemented under his floor, stolen gold from the mines of the Rand. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day About 1840 we developed a new type of sailing vessel, the American clipper ship. American World Policies Oldtime sailing vessels, rotting from years of disuse, were being rebuilt for this purpose. The Year When Stardust Fell Is the Panama Canal likely to be used by sailing vessels? The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise If you want to go elsewhere——" "Not on another sailing vessel, Captain Ponsberry. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy In the same year, an American skipper chartered a French sailing vessel in Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Trinidad with four Portuguese sailors to do his digging for him. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day How far away its origin had been, Alan could only guess; probably the sailing vessel, away to windward, had not heard the whistle of Number 25 at all. The Indian Drum Steamers only are allowed to come up to Canton, sailing vessels being restricted to the anchorage at Whampoa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Steamboats and sailing vessels navigating the canal rise, in all, three hundred and eighty feet above the level of the Baltic during the passage across the country. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Still she could go faster than an ordinary sailing vessel, and her resistless momentum and iron prow enabled her to crush any vessel afloat as if it were an egg-shell. The Greater Republic A History of the United States All travelling was done by means of sailing vessels, stage-coaches, or private conveyances; all letters were carried by the stage-coach, and every one cost the sender or receiver twenty-five cents for postage. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 His repute for sanctity was so great that sailing vessels and even Government steamers stopped to ask his blessing on their journey; in return for which he received many valuable gifts. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 In the old days of sailing vessels, a becalmed ship sometimes lay helpless for weeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" When a tiny child, he used to wander down to the mouth of the river Nith and coax the crews of the sailing vessels to tell him stories. The Child's Book of American Biography Steam-vessels in those days were not common off the coast of Africa, and slavers or pirates had to be captured by sailing vessels alone. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer We reached Table Bay in sixty-two days after leaving Gravesend, which period was considered by no means bad time for a sailing vessel. The White Chief of the Caffres These gentlemen embarked in an excellent sailing vessel, and had a most favorable voyage. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. He then immediately ordered two small but very swift sailing vessels to be fitted out, and furnished with as great a number of men and firearms as could be got together at the moment. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. On the second day we arrived at Kokonada, where a flotilla of nearly one hundred short-masted sailing vessels of native construction after having received their cargoes lay waiting for us. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant On the other hand, the sailing vessels had no difficulty in finding capitalists to take shares in a venture. Toilers of the Sea The skipper and the crew were rescued by a sailing vessel, and, after a while, they drew near an English port. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine And at the docks there were steamers, sailing vessels, from all the ports of the world, a forest of spars and funnels; odd little Italian craft and even a Chinese junk. Ancestors A Novel Their cruisers are getting so thick along the coast that a sailing vessel stands no chance. Marcy The Refugee When we met him he had already- 15 - bought a ticket on a sailing vessel bound for New York, so that we could not make the voyage together. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant Steamships and sailing vessels at the docks were discharging cargoes, or were lying in the bay awaiting their turn to unload. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Neither pilots nor tugs were for hire at Bilbao, and captains of sailing vessels had only to whistle for a favouring wind and rely on their own good fortune and skill. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) At Pillau they went on board a sailing vessel, their first destination being London. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians He had, he said, sunk a sailing vessel of Ipswich, making fourteen widows in a quarter of an hour. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Mr. Salt—that is the clerk's name—will reach Pernambuco many days before the sailing vessel; but it is better that he should be too early than too late. Under False Pretences A Novel The moon would not rise until nearly midnight, so that there would be two or three hours in which the sailing vessel could give the cutter the slip. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers But the Portuguese did not depend on sailing vessels alone in their maritime battles; they built galleys in imitation of the native craft, and secured good sailors for them by offering increased pay. Rulers of India: Albuquerque The many attempts to produce a very fast double-hull steamer and large sailing vessels have led to disappointment for their designers and sponsors. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran The sailing vessel now has no effective rival, and can charge "what the traffic will bear," and that is very nearly the cost of conveying the goods by wagons. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy It seems that he went in a sailing vessel," she went on, in a perfectly calm and collected voice, "because he could get a very cheap passage in that way. Under False Pretences A Novel A fair-sized sailing vessel was tied up at the end of a stone wharf, obviously awaiting them, and the captives were tied hand and foot and tossed into the hold. The Ethical Engineer More than three hundred years ago a little sailing vessel set out from Holland, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and followed down our coast from Greenland. The Little Book of the Flag The mats are shipped to towns along the seacoast of Ilocos and Zambales Province by sailing vessels, and are sold in the local markets or to local merchants. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 The public gets a slight gain from the advent of a sailing vessel; but it fails to get the further benefit that the advent of a second vessel will ultimately bring. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy We were a long distance from any large city, and the only way to travel by sea was to take some sailing vessel that stopped once in a while at a town near by. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold The rest of the water-front is open to the people and to the small sailing vessels. With the French in France and Salonika A few household furnishings were packed, a supply of provisions laid in, a sailing vessel chartered, and the trek began across the Atlantic. History of Farming in Ontario It was a wonderful chart, considering what an absurd little sailing vessel he had in which to explore those intricate waters with their treacherous winds and tides. Alaska Days with John Muir Captured sixty lighters, twenty sailing vessels, and 120 tons of coal. The Boys of '98 My mother came from England on a sailing vessel. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John On the dark side of the street, to the quay, are moored hundreds of sailing vessels. With the French in France and Salonika But the boiling fury cut knots from the steamer’s speed, while the Federals sent after her only their sailing vessels, which with all canvas spread bent low to the chase. The Missourian The only sign of authority was this cumbersome sailing vessel with its marines and sailors. Alaska Days with John Muir Across the way, the steamers at the wharves were smaller, and here and there loomed the spars of a sailing vessel, a delicate tracery upon the blue-black starlit sky. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story I knew, moreover, that a steamship was bound to make way for a sailing vessel. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War That is why we selected a sailing vessel. Mabel's Mistake Charley was sent with them, in order that he might find out if the sailing vessel had arrived with the ploughs and heavy baggage. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers At sight of every ship on the horizon, whether sailing vessel or steamer, a cry would go forth––“They come––they come!” Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew The sailing vessel on which they crossed was crowded and dirty, and in order to save their money they had taken passage in the steerage. Tales from Dickens You wouldn't; she's only a sailing vessel, but she carries passengers and a doctor, a friend of Dr. Bompas's, who wanted to send me with him for a voyage round the world. The Camera Fiend They had to cross in sailing vessels then and take weeks for the journey.” The Eye of Dread The sailing vessel, before he boarded it, had been for some time exposed to the sun, while the Nagasaki Maru had not. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Pico We found several sailing vessels at anchor in the roadstead of Horta. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' All these enterprises seem to indicate that ere long the Atlantic carrying trade will be conducted in steam-ships, and sailing vessels superseded to as great extent as has been the case in the coasting trade. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The fishermen of Palos knew how to build good, sturdy sailing vessels, and they soon had the three ships ready for Columbus and his brave sailors. Getting to know Spain To most people the arrival of any letter was an important event in those days, especially one from “the old country,” six long weeks by sailing vessel at best. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield As no steamer is announced to sail before another week, I take the other alternative, and charter a small sailing vessel. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Put yourself in my place, you who have never come under the domination of a surly mate on a sailing vessel of seventy years ago. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail So a sailing vessel would have plenty of sailing room in the summer months. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras It'll not be long before all our ports will be sealed up tight as a brick by swift steamers, and sailing vessels will stand no show of getting out or in. Marcy The Blockade Runner The next attack on American shipping was the sinking of the Lyman M. Law, a sailing vessel loaded with lumber from Maine to Italy, by a submarine off the coast of Sardinia in the Mediterranean. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources If no steamer is ready, charter a sailing vessel. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba For troops we have 'nakelas' a local sailing vessel, and have 'bellums,' a long, narrow, small cone-shaped thing, holding from fifteen to twenty men; barges for animals, etc. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Thirteen neutral steamships and one sailing vessel were listed under the same heading. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War The Kaiser himself despatched a letter in Arabic to the Senussi which was intercepted on a Greek sailing vessel near Tripoli. England and Germany British Yeoman, British sailing vessel, 1,963 tons, owned in Victoria, B. C.; 21 men. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources When sailing vessels ceased to be used by the fishing industry, the sharpie was almost forgotten, but some slight evidence of its influence on construction remains. The Migrations of an American Boat Type Petrograd announced that Russian torpedo craft intercepted a large convoy of Turkish sailing vessels in the Black Sea on June 29, 1916, and destroyed fifty-four ships. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War A few merchant ships, sailing vessels for the most part, were torpedoed, but there was no attempt by the Austrians to sink enemy warships. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War At the same time the Russian squadron bombarded the Turkish barracks at Trebizond and Rizah from the Black Sea, also sinking some Turkish sailing vessels used as transports. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Charles Gounod, French sailing vessel, 2,199 tons, owned in Nantes; 24 men. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Andrews' wife went out in a sailing vessel, but whether by land or by water she was one of the last to go. The Siege of Boston Don't you know that sailing vessels have the right of way? Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly A number of sailing vessels and one or two transports had been sunk by British submarines in that sea, but efforts to locate the larger warships of the enemy failed until August 9, 1915. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Up to July 6, 1915, there had been only an artillery duel in the coast region, and a Russian motor boat sank a Turkish sailing vessel. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources La Rochefoucauld, French sailing vessel, 2,200 tons; owned in Nantes; 24 men. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The Karteria proceeded much nearer the shore than the sailing vessels, and having anchored within five hundred yards, opposite the vessel which bore the flag of the Turkish commodore, she opened her fire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Last year I took a little trip down to Dad’s plantations, and from there rounded the Horn on a sailing vessel and landed way up the west coast in Carlina. The Web of the Golden Spider But from the grey walls looked down proudly, the models of the sailing vessels which carried their houseflag to distant shores. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 Steamers are longer in proportion than sailing vessels. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Both Chris and Amos found life on a sailing vessel strange and fascinating but difficult to get used to. Mr. Wicker's Window Larry was Mr. Drake's hired man, and knew a little of everything, only he knew more about a horse than he did about any kind of sailing vessel. Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In the harbor were a great many steamers and sailing vessels, bound for ports all over the world. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy These stories give you a good picture of life on an old-time sailing vessel. The Sandman: His Sea Stories The wind, which is the motive force of windmills and of sailing vessels, is another form of sun-power. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly On the arrival of Lord Elgin in Japan on a mission in 1857 a sailing vessel at Nagasaki was flying the flag of an Admiral of the Japanese Navy. The Empire of the East Java Coffee "Ex-Sailing Ships" Up to 1915 it was the custom to ship considerable Java coffee to New York in slow-going sailing vessels of the type in favor a hundred years ago. All About Coffee A small boat put off from the sailing vessel and the bridge deck passenger, his noticeable bag included, was transferred. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise When they woke it was to the regular heave and lurch of a sailing vessel in motion, and Jeremy, looking out the port, beheld the crisp, sparkling blue of open sea. The Black Buccaneer In these early days it was the custom of parents of refractory or adventurous sons to place them on board sailing vessels for lengthy outings. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century The Fitzroy, a small sailing vessel, discovers an extraordinary island in the South Seas, that has been hidden for ages behind a wide belt of sea-weed. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Many of the old-style Dutch sailing vessels were built somewhat after the pattern of the Goed Vrouw, which Irving tells us was a hundred feet long, a hundred feet wide, and a hundred feet high. All About Coffee But this great river, the Delaware, is not crowded with tall sailing vessels like the Thames. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose These small sailing vessels we see are from the Hanoverian and Danish coasts. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Some years later she embarked with her husband and little boy upon a sailing vessel for America, and all were lost off the coast of New York in July, 1850. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century It is singular that it was ever selected for a commercial port, being inaccessible to sailing vessels from October to January, and yet it was the first capital of the British possessions in India. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Doubtless the long journey in sailing vessels over tropic seas made for better quality. All About Coffee Dear Nursery,—I am making a voyage, on a sailing vessel from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands. The Nursery, July 1877, XXII. No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers What a confusion of boats, long-pointed barges, and small sailing vessels! A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France What a great sight a fleet of these sailing vessels must have presented in the days of Nelson. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders There is a saying among seamen, that for six months of the year no vessel under canvas can enter the Red Sea, and, for the other six months, no sailing vessel can get out. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Coffee is also carried to Maracaibo by small sailing vessels. All About Coffee I have been told, that the Danish Government intends to build steam-frigates, and will have nothing more to do with sailing vessels of war. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition The city has considerable commerce by the river, both in steam and sailing vessels, and exports a very respectable amount of domestic produce. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands With her consent he shipped as cabin boy on the sailing vessel China, bound for Leghorn, a voyage of eighteen months. How the Flag Became Old Glory European sailing vessels rarely attempt to navigate the Red Sea; it is too intricate, and the chances too hazardous for anything but steam power to encounter. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Transport Overseas To bring green coffee to the consuming markets, both steamships and sailing vessels are used, although the latter have almost wholly given way to the speedier and more capacious modern steamers. All About Coffee Unfortunately, two steamers had started the week previous, one to New Orleans, the other to Charleston; only sailing vessels were to be found, and about the movements of these, impenetrable mystery seemed wrapped. Macaria I see, by my journal, that after a weary passage of twenty-four days in a sailing vessel from Singapore, we reached Sarawak on the 25th of April. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak On the right bank stands the little village of Rejang, and lying off it was a large Portuguese sailing vessel, loading "bilian" or iron wood. On the Equator The city has considerable commerce by the river, both in steam and sailing vessels, and exports a very respectable amount of domestic products. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Before the advent of large fleets of steamers in the East Indian trade, the coffee was brought to America in sailing vessels that required from three to four months for the trip. All About Coffee Unfortunately a very severe northeast storm had been raging for a day or two, which made all headway for sailing vessels impossible, sweeping most of them far out to sea. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy While the galleys, being unfit for the high seas, were confined to the Mediterranean and the coast, the sailing vessels ranged into the Atlantic as far as the Canaries or even to Iceland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The coal is conveyed to Kuching weekly, in a small sailing vessel. On the Equator Above Bagdad there are no steamers on the Tigris, but sailing vessels of 30 tons and more navigate the river to Samarra and beyond. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Shipments were by sailing vessels, a full cargo being about 5000 bags. All About Coffee Where can I find out if there is a sailing vessel, or a motor boat, obtainable?... what’s that you say?... In Her Own Right Then but few steamers came up so far, and not many sailing vessels except those in the iron and copper trade. Doctor Jones' Picnic Gentlemen, We have delayed sending this packet, from a daily expectation of hearing from you, as some letters from France make mention of a quick sailing vessel, by which we were to receive despatches. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I The promoter, if report is correct, chartered two sailing vessels, and into these endless furniture, pianos, household goods, belonging to the settlers, were duly packed. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Several large sailing vessels lay at anchor along the river and the casco was about to run into them. A Soldier in the Philippines The fleet as gathered here numbered 100 sailing vessels, among which were 2 men-of-war with 50 cannons, 4 frigates of 36 cannons, and 2 fire-ships for the protection of the transports and provision ships. The Voyage of The First Hessian Army from Portsmouth to New York, 1776 A more entrancing picture than that of Silver Cloud floating swiftly over the great lake, so thickly dotted with steamers and sailing vessels, cannot be imagined. Doctor Jones' Picnic No one knows the sea—that, at any rate, Conrad makes quite clear—who has not voyaged over its waves in a sailing vessel. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Some experience, as an American would say, for a young man who, twelve months before, had boarded a sailing vessel in the London Docks with little hope of leaving the ship alive. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon In summer they came in slow sailing vessels. History of New Brunswick Only now and then the masts of some sailing vessel coming to take on a load of oranges for Marseilles, appeared before this blue town with its surrounding waters. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Securing some fast sailing vessels, the King of Barrataria sailed to Galveston Bay, in 1819, where he received a commission from General Long as a “privateer.” Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure The Norway rat was brought to our country on sailing vessels and causes more loss than most of us realize. Conservation Reader He was a little old man, knotted and gnarled like an ancient tree, who had come out to the islands forty years before as mate of a sailing vessel. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Even in sailing vessels voyages from south to north can be conveniently performed in consequence of the regularity of the tradewind. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Enough was saved from the wreck to pay for our passage in a sailing vessel to America. An Anarchist Woman “Yes, sir; I was six months in a steamer, and over two years in sailing vessels,” answered Ole, readily. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark In bad weather it was a place to be avoided, as far as sailing vessels were concerned. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War All the sailing vessels within sight were motionless. A Pirate of Parts Moles threatened destruction on either beam, and quantities of small Greek sailing vessels were in imminent danger. The Tale of a Trooper Two days later he started in the sailing vessel Scotia, no other ship being obtainable. The Life of Gordon, Volume II They are the very region made for the steam-boat, as in the case of a sailing vessel their dangers and delays would have been tripled and quadrupled. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 There was an element of consciousness in her deliberation, therefore, which gave the impression of a rather large sailing vessel under weigh. Antony Gray,—Gardener Either that or a sailing vessel, he didn't much care which. The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht Who left their native home in Wales, and embarking in a sailing vessel, after a voyage of something like thirty days, landed at Philadelphia; this sometime prior to the year 1733. The Stephens Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens Also, a sailing vessel, with fore-and-aft main-sail, jib fore-sail, and jib: differing from a sloop in setting the jib on a stay, which is eased in by travellers. 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. The Straits of Magellan and the Horn formed a great waterway of commerce, which for sailing vessels was, indeed, the only eastern outlet from the Pacific. World's War Events, Vol. I "Here comes Mr. Thomas Drew's sloop, Lottie," Janice said as the big sailing vessel on which she had several times sailed on fishing excursions shot into the cove before a favoring wind. The Mission of Janice Day “We’re away out in the North Sea where we can find nothing but warships and sailing vessels and such!” Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub We took it at first, as Shortland had done, for a sailing vessel. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century A sailing vessel is backed by means of the sails, a steamer by reversing the paddles or screw-propeller.—To back astern. 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. No record of the number of sailing vessels or steamers passing through the canal was kept until the year 1864. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier All of them were seeking for some quick and easy route for sailing vessels from Europe to China, and fortunate indeed would be that nation whose sailors first discovered such a passage! A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. The submarine drew close alongside the schooner easily keeping pace with the sailing vessel at the rate they were progressing. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub Its navy consists of fifty-eight steamers and eighty-one sailing vessels. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim All along the river front sailing vessels pushed their bowsprits and gilded figureheads far over the streets almost into the windows of the sail-lofts that were numerous along South Street. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm I was a steerage passenger, and the steerage of a sailing vessel twenty-five years ago was something to see and smell. A Tramp's Notebook Ours has continued just as much behind it as the slow and uncertain sailing vessel is behind the rapid and reliable mail steamer. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Scarcely had the bow of the sailing vessel been passed ere the submarine was so far beneath the water as to show only the periscope. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub Yes, it is a long pull from the sea for a sailing vessel; but Antwerp is the only convenient port for visiting the greater part of Belgium. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Those were the days of sailing vessels; the New York of the thirties had been the ship building center of the world, especially from Pike Street up. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm One result of his voyage was his strongly expressed opinion that the proper route home from Australia was via Cape Horn—now the recognised homeward route for sailing vessels. The Beginning Of The Sea Story Of Australia 1901 He said that the increased size of the steamer would enable me to carry freight cheaper than sailing vessels. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post “I had lost my kit when the sailing vessel went down, so I left nothing on the steamer.” Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub He felt that he could not be more than a hundred miles from the Bay Islands, and not altogether out of the track of sailing vessels. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Mail steamers, deep sea tramps, "freezers," colliers—all crowded together, and among them but one single sailing vessel—a Liverpool barque of 1,000 tons, loading wool. The Call Of The South 1908 What proves that the disuse of wood was the real cause of the decline is the fact that Canada never even attempted to compete with other countries in building metal sailing vessels. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways This at the same time secures to it a better class of freights as well as vast numbers of emigrants which together, enable it to incur the extra expense over a sailing vessel. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post I can see the sailing vessel making signals. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub Don Juan called a council of war, silenced those like Doria who still counseled avoiding battle, and then in a swift sailing vessel went through the fleet exhorting officers and men to do their utmost. A History of Sea Power In those days, when men-of-war, as well as all other ships, were sailing vessels, the tactics of naval combats were very different from what they are now. Stories of New Jersey Before starting we might perhaps remember what a sailing vessel cannot do, as well as what she can, when the proper men are there and circumstances suit her. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Nor has the ocean steam packet system hindered, in the slightest degree, her progress in the construction of steam or sailing vessels for the naval service. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Evidently the smoke had been discovered 174 by those aboard the sailing vessel, for the course was altered slightly in that direction. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub Once sailing vessels had attained reasonable maneuvering qualities, their superior strength and size, reduced number of non-combatant personnel, and increased seaworthiness and cruising radius gave them a tremendous superiority. A History of Sea Power He was not quite at his ease, however, with regard to the ship; she was much closer inshore than any sailing vessel would have ventured. The Three Commanders The Americans had carried on a brisk trade in schooners and sailing vessels from Detroit, through Lake Huron, to the head of Lake Michigan, now Chicago. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Compared with sailing vessels, these few mail steamers become the forerunners of trade and commerce, and create an immense service for the sail. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Without difficulty they succeeded in assisting Mackinder into the skiff, then put quickly back to the sailing vessel. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub The creek where we found the "Burgess" is one that no steamer can enter, or even a sailing vessel, unless piloted by an old residenter of that neighborhood. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After No one can go straight up a mountain; no sailing vessel makes for its port without tacking. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin It was a mistake to ship such supplies by sailing vessels, and there were other errors of judgment which were not repeated. The Supplies for the Confederate Army, how they were obtained in Europe and how paid for. Compared with sailing vessels their efficiency is really wondrous. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Steam vessels are fast superseding sailing vessels, and their number passing along this coast increases every month, which will soon render additional lights necessary. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 The men and women, dressed in the latest importations brought from London by sailing vessels, were figures of surpassing style and elegance. Historic Boyhoods Strange though it may seem, there is much greater monotony in a voyage on board a steamer than there is on board a sailing vessel. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The United Kingdom shows best under the heads of total losses and losses of sailing vessels, but in steamers it actually comes last among the six nationalities we have selected for comparison. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 There are also certain classes of freights which steam is better calculated than sailing vessels to transport; certain rich and costly goods which would either damage or depreciate if not brought speedily into the market. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Dredges dragged along in the wake of a sailing vessel pick them up. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas It was a great day when the crowds that lined the Hudson River saw the Clermont prove that the era of sailing vessels had closed, and that of steamships had dawned. Historic Boyhoods A wreck—a big sailing vessel is coming ashore! The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast If we meet a homeward bound sailing vessel in good weather I’ll put you aboard. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Thus, it frequently takes a week for a sailing vessel to do the work that a steamer will readily do in twenty-four to thirty-six hours. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Since the western entrance to the strait is subject to rough, tempestuous weather and strong currents, very few modern sailing vessels take the shorter course, preferring to double the cape. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania “Oh, it’s partly a sailing vessel and partly a rowing boat,” said the Skipper. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo It consisted of four or five small sailing vessels, some passage boats, and four hundred men from the garrison of Senaar, the whole commanded by an able officer, Captain Selim. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Ahead I hoped to see the vapor of some steamer, or, at least, the bare poles of a sailing vessel that could rescue me from my perilous situation. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers If not, sailing vessels will subserve all purposes except travel quite as well. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Steamships, with their painted stacks and funnels, and sailing vessels, with every sort of mast and rigging, crowd the harbor. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania “Is it a steamer, or a sailing vessel, please?” Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo First, then, the uncertainty of a sailing vessel, for the "Balaklava" was coquettishly courting any and every wind that could carry her out of our harbor of refuge. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses The sailing vessel which I had so joyfully discovered an hour ago, lay in the track of the waterspout. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The objections to sailing vessels are very numerous. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post It is really a sailing vessel, but fitted with a screw for occasional use in calm or storm. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The steamboat passed through, steering carefully, but some sailing vessels that followed required to be towed between the narrow apertures. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Every boat, too, to the Isthmus, was crowded—and so were the sailing vessels, bound around Cape Horn! Gold Seekers of '49 The next thing to do was to provide an efficient watch on all sailing vessels entering the harbour, and here the pilot proved to be a valuable ally. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective This style of freights, sailing vessels in their great competition have reduced to the lowest paying figure. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Gradually it became more distinct, and in half an hour, I too, could make it out plainly, to be a small sailing vessel of some description. The Island Home Owing to the scarcity of tonnage, Denmark shipowners have put into commission two 18th-century sailing vessels. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 The steamers passed swiftly, but the sailing vessels scarcely moved, so calm and still was the morning air. Rollo in Holland Let them sink all our sailing vessels, we will betake ourselves to tugs. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon I have often had recourse to it myself both in sailing vessels and steamers. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century She showed by her behaviour during the day what her sailing capacities were, and as the Liverpool connoisseurs had remarked, she was above all, a sailing vessel. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras A Landscape, with three houses on the left, backed by trees, and near these is a woman followed by a dog; on the opposite side is a canal, with a sailing vessel on it. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. Of course, steam was the propelling power, for sailing vessels belong to a by-gone age; and they were soon making good time out to sea. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet June 29—German submarine sinks British steamer Scottish Monarch, fifteen of crew being lost; German submarines sink Norwegian steamers Cambuskenneth and Gjeso, and Norwegian sailing vessel Marna; the crews are saved. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Anne and Sara leaned forward and saw that a blundering sailing vessel—her dark sails a blotch against the sky, her hull invisible—was careening just ahead. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport "Without the least doubt," answered Shandon, "and the sailing vessels have much trouble to stem it." The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Would I consider crossing the Atlantic in one of our small sailing vessels, and make an inquiry into the problem? A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell A sailing vessel, which is always in a great measure dependent upon the wind, is absolutely at its mercy in a storm. Rollo on the Atlantic June 22—It is officially announced at Petrograd that Russian submarines have sunk a large Turkish steamer and two sailing vessels in the Black Sea. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 The first one is of the sailing vessels and is a chronicle of adventure and bravery as enthralling as any you could wish to read. Steve and the Steam Engine They had eaten from a solid mahogany table which, he was told, had been brought "around the Horn" in a sailing vessel. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles We had only a sailing vessel of about sixty tons, and the old heavy beam trawl, for the other trawl and steam fishing boats were then quite in their infancy. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell This new branch of sea-service is of course to be traced to the change in the Royal Navy from the old sailing vessels to the iron-clad steamships. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge The Corsairs took, it is true, only seven galleys and sailing vessels, but they held the sea. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs The wind was dead off shore, and a sailing vessel would have taken a long time to make the passage. The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War I was watching you through the old telescope Andy has here," observed Larry; "and which he says one of his ancestors used when he was captain of a sailing vessel more'n eighty years ago. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck In 1887 his father died and in the next year he came again to America, sojourning at various places, among them Saranac Lake, and then voyaging in a sailing vessel, The Casco, in the Pacific. The Short-story The narrow channel between Manhattan Island and Governor's Island seemed to be filled with snorting tugboats, strings of barges, great floats carrying many loaded freight-cars, puffing steamships, and even sailing vessels. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol But the Venetian admiral placed his chief reliance in his galleasses, and as yet the art of manoeuvring sailing vessels in battle array was in its youth. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Further on, the large cannon craned their necks toward the gray cruisers of the military harbor and the extensive bay, over whose blue plain, tremulous with gold, glided the white dots of some sailing vessels. Luna Benamor Where hundreds of sailing vessels plied their slow and uncertain trade, steamer lines now make trips only less regular than the railway itself. Monopolies and the People Had we been in a sailing vessel, our position would have been most perilous; but our steam was all-powerful, and brought us safely to Milford Haven. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships At spring or flood tides the bar may be safely crossed by sailing vessels, but, being far from land, it is always dangerous for boats. Black Ivory Of course they had some more hymns, for as the calm was by that time complete, and it was not possible for any sailing vessel to quit the fleet, there was no occasion to hurry. The Young Trawler In the days of slow sailing vessels it took several weeks to cross the Atlantic, and there was no quicker way to convey news. Society Its Origin and Development The only cause for the existence of a monopoly in ocean traffic by steam is the greatly increased capital required for a rival steamship line as compared with that needed for the old sailing vessels. Monopolies and the People Many persons still living can recollect the time when the voyage to Australia in a sailing vessel lasted six months. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Here we took a passage in a sailing vessel, trading to the factories on the northern shore of the lake, and at the nearest we landed and prepared for our expedition. Peter the Whaler They were trusting, we thought, to their numbers, and to the rapidity with which they could make their escape among the coral reefs, where no sailing vessel could follow them. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book Of sailing vessels there was no fear, for they, as was the Stella, would be becalmed. The Three Admirals The voyage across the Pacific being in a sailing vessel, was a longish one and occupied nearly ten weeks from start to finish. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert But with a sailing vessel it is different. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea The owners of sailing vessels were jealous of the Clermont, and tried to run her down. Pushing to the Front As a matter of course we are most anxious to reach some place from which we can find a steamer or sailing vessel going to the United States. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan Several times he got up to look about; though no sailing vessel could near them, a steamer might, and often and often he fancied he heard the sound of one in the distance. The Three Admirals The Prince Arthur was a stanch sailing vessel, built especially for the Hudson Bay Company’s trade. Three Boys in the Wild North Land High overhead loomed the hull of the boat—a large sailing vessel it seemed to them now. The Girl in the Golden Atom What you imagined to be a sailing vessel is that dark cloud there, coming up from the leeward, which is fast shutting out the horizon from view. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea The Atlantic, after rotting and rusting at her wharf, was deprived of her machinery and converted into a sailing vessel, and was broken up in New York last year. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. He had been accustomed to sailing vessels all his life, and had no love for steamers. The Three Admirals The Curlytops would not have had half as much fun with real ships as they were having with the pieces of boards which they were making believe were steamers and sailing vessels. The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection Then, as the sailing vessel lurched upon them, the boy noted that the seine-master and the fisherman at the stern of the seine-boat leaped for the martingale shrouds and held them. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Their method was to fit out small sailing vessels on which they could live comfortably and cruise for several weeks; in fact, they were usually out during the entire three months of the nesting period. The Bird Study Book The public treasury gave a drachma a day to each sailor, and furnished empty hulls for sixty swift sailing vessels, and for forty transports carrying hoplites. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Long after machinery had driven the labour-song from the land it survived at sea in the form of shanties, since all work aboard a sailing vessel was performed by hand. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties Like many other boys I ran away, and took a position on a sailing vessel. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen But that is generally on sailing vessels with a low freeboard. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Many a sailing vessel has come to grief in the Straits of Magellan. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People One superior sailing vessel would be sufficient to perform this work, giving two mails each month. A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World A number of sailing vessels lingered on through the eighties, but they retained little of the corporate pride and splendour that was once theirs. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties "I do not know who Wright and Will are, but Walters was one of the crew of the sailing vessel that we took from San Francisco." The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen Slow-going sailing vessels have given place to steamboats which now carry the river and lake commerce. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation He sees everything that takes place on the decks of large sailing vessels, and the smoke rising out of the steamers' funnels. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The expense for sailing vessels on this and the South American station may be taken as follows:— Capital. A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World We met a few sailing vessels, and toward the close of the afternoon we met a big steamer, something like northern river steamers. A Jolly Fellowship They could not even tell whether it was a sailing vessel or propelled by steam. The Master-Knot of Human Fate "But it seems to me that none of the reasons given will apply to a steamship, and still all the ships I have seen are made in the same way as the sailing vessels." The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns The fifty Spaniards were now in excellent spirits, and set to work eagerly to construct another smaller sailing vessel. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People A steamer on this station becomes indispensable, in order to secure the safe conveyance of specie, because small sailing vessels would be liable to be attacked and plundered by pirates. A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World Formerly, when wooden ships were used, our foreign trade was carried on in our own vessels, and our "clipper" sailing vessels beat the world. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) "Oh, Tom, you'd upset a sailing vessel if you stepped on it!" came from his sister. Some Three Hundred Years Ago Very early on Saturday morning Mr. Carson returned to Capri in a sailing vessel, having taken advantage of a night crossing and arriving with the dawn. The Jolliest School of All But here and there the white wings of a sailing vessel flutter or a slight puff of smoke floats above a steamer. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People I told him, readily enough, that I had crossed the yeasty Atlantic in a sailing vessel—for motives of economy—that I might study the pianoforte in Paris. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques |
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