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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... town is shown by several buoys , the innermost , about one - fourth of a mile within low - water mark , a black Nun to the west , and one chequered black - and - white to the east , the channel lying between them . The channel leading ...
... town is shown by several buoys , the innermost , about one - fourth of a mile within low - water mark , a black Nun to the west , and one chequered black - and - white to the east , the channel lying between them . The channel leading ...
Page xiv
... Town- Directions for Approaching Leigh - Leigh and its Worthies -Pretty Situation - Not a good Boating Place - Hadleigh Castle - Salvation Army - Good Anchorage in Hadleigh Ray - Tides at the Nore - Southend - From Southend to the Mouse ...
... Town- Directions for Approaching Leigh - Leigh and its Worthies -Pretty Situation - Not a good Boating Place - Hadleigh Castle - Salvation Army - Good Anchorage in Hadleigh Ray - Tides at the Nore - Southend - From Southend to the Mouse ...
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... Town - Thoroughly English Scenery of the Orwell- Moorings and the Disadvantage of Picking Them up— Pinmill -- Freston Tower - Melodious Chimes in Orwell Park ... 103-113 CHAPTER XIV . ― The Stour - The Orwell at High Water - Nacton ...
... Town - Thoroughly English Scenery of the Orwell- Moorings and the Disadvantage of Picking Them up— Pinmill -- Freston Tower - Melodious Chimes in Orwell Park ... 103-113 CHAPTER XIV . ― The Stour - The Orwell at High Water - Nacton ...
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... Town in the Middle Ages— Sudbourne Park - Marquis of Hertford - View from the Top of Orford Keep - Advantages of having our House with us The Wild Man of Orford - Orfordness Light- house - Navigation of the Alde - Passage of the Bar ...
... Town in the Middle Ages— Sudbourne Park - Marquis of Hertford - View from the Top of Orford Keep - Advantages of having our House with us The Wild Man of Orford - Orfordness Light- house - Navigation of the Alde - Passage of the Bar ...
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... Town - Excellent Effects of our Outing- Monotony once more 160-164 CHAPTER XXI . ... ... Retrospect Cheapness of Living on a Yacht - Abstemious- ness most Conducive to Strength and Activity - The Spartan Sauce still the Best - Sailing ...
... Town - Excellent Effects of our Outing- Monotony once more 160-164 CHAPTER XXI . ... ... Retrospect Cheapness of Living on a Yacht - Abstemious- ness most Conducive to Strength and Activity - The Spartan Sauce still the Best - Sailing ...
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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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