Sailing Tours: The Yachtsman's Guide to the Cruising Waters of the English Coast, Part 1L.U. Gill, 1892 - Great Britain |
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... never been there before , and did not even know exactly where it was . There was a fresh wind from the south - west , with a falling glass , and the tide was setting down strongly round Dungeness . Trusting to finding a pilot lying off ...
... never been there before , and did not even know exactly where it was . There was a fresh wind from the south - west , with a falling glass , and the tide was setting down strongly round Dungeness . Trusting to finding a pilot lying off ...
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... never go sailing , steam yachts are the machines for them . If one never wants to go anywhere in particular , one is perfectly certain to get somewhere . Hence comes the great delight and fascination of sailing such as we recommend . + ...
... never go sailing , steam yachts are the machines for them . If one never wants to go anywhere in particular , one is perfectly certain to get somewhere . Hence comes the great delight and fascination of sailing such as we recommend . + ...
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... never let us attempt to do this unless we are quite sure of our ground . That song of Dibdin's very well conveys the true spirit of a sailor - amateur or professional : For the sailor's the man for all weathers , Great guns ! let it ...
... never let us attempt to do this unless we are quite sure of our ground . That song of Dibdin's very well conveys the true spirit of a sailor - amateur or professional : For the sailor's the man for all weathers , Great guns ! let it ...
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... and very likely we may never be far removed from fresh meat after all ; but if the worst comes to the worst , we feel we shall not absolutely starve . The mention of the Cordon bleu suggests the necessity and 8 SAILING TOURS .
... and very likely we may never be far removed from fresh meat after all ; but if the worst comes to the worst , we feel we shall not absolutely starve . The mention of the Cordon bleu suggests the necessity and 8 SAILING TOURS .
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... never get beyond four hours , then they begin again . So that if we have been to sleep and wake up , and having slept our beauty sleep , and hear 66 Ding ding . - Ding , " it may be either half - past one or half - past five . The only ...
... never get beyond four hours , then they begin again . So that if we have been to sleep and wake up , and having slept our beauty sleep , and hear 66 Ding ding . - Ding , " it may be either half - past one or half - past five . The only ...
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abreast ahead Aldborough Alde AMATEURS anchor anchorage ancient ashore bank barges Bawdsey beach Beacon Blackwater boat breeze Brightlingsea Buxey Castle channel Chelmondiston church Clacton Cliff cloth gilt coast Colne colour craft creek Crouch cruise Darcy Ding Dovercourt east eastern entrance Erwarton Essex fair Felixstowe Flats Hadleigh Castle Hall Hanford Water harbour Harwich head hill Horsea Island Illustrated Island keep land Landguard Layer Marney Towers Leigh light London look Lord low water mainsail Maldon Manningtree manor Maplin Maplin Sands mark Marney martello tower Mersea miles narrow Naze nearly night North north-east Orford Haven Orwell passing pier Pinmill Point pretty red and white river River Alde round sailing Sands shingle ship shore Shotley side Southend Spit Spitway stand starboard steamers steer Stour Swin Thames tide Tollesbury Tolleshunt D'Arcy turn vessel village Walton weather wind Wrabness yacht
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