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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... round Dungeness . Trusting to finding a pilot lying off the entrance of what our chart marked as a considerable harbour , we put up the helm and eased off our sheets , for we were well round the " Ness . " The tides were at the neap ...
... round Dungeness . Trusting to finding a pilot lying off the entrance of what our chart marked as a considerable harbour , we put up the helm and eased off our sheets , for we were well round the " Ness . " The tides were at the neap ...
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... round . It was breaking in front . No sign of any white buoy . There should be two . All we caught sight of amid the tumbling sea were two bits of wood , like mop handles , tied by a piece of rope . We learnt afterwards these were meant ...
... round . It was breaking in front . No sign of any white buoy . There should be two . All we caught sight of amid the tumbling sea were two bits of wood , like mop handles , tied by a piece of rope . We learnt afterwards these were meant ...
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... in Smooth Water at all Times - Pleasant Excursions all Round - Fine View from the Naze Tower - Memories- The Coast being Destroyed by the Sea - The Lost Prebendal Stall - Landermere Hall- - The King of the xviii CONTENTS .
... in Smooth Water at all Times - Pleasant Excursions all Round - Fine View from the Naze Tower - Memories- The Coast being Destroyed by the Sea - The Lost Prebendal Stall - Landermere Hall- - The King of the xviii CONTENTS .
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... round , by South and West , until the East is reached again by North . It is to pilot the novice , as well as to prompt occasionally the more knowing hand , that we undertake this office of cicerone ; for we know from actual experience ...
... round , by South and West , until the East is reached again by North . It is to pilot the novice , as well as to prompt occasionally the more knowing hand , that we undertake this office of cicerone ; for we know from actual experience ...
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... round , which are convenient for getting about on . Against this ugly appearance the counterbalancing advantages are great . In the first place , our cabins are always fresh and well ventilated . We can see all round us without having ...
... round , which are convenient for getting about on . Against this ugly appearance the counterbalancing advantages are great . In the first place , our cabins are always fresh and well ventilated . We can see all round us without having ...
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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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