 | George Frederick Pardon - 1857 - 284 σελίδες
...the first real gale of wind I had seen. Now, for the first time, was our spar-deck wet with sprays. Even now, however, the vessel shipped no regular seas,...against our side, and, bursting when just reaching up to our upper ports, send a little deluge across the deck, to run out to the leeward. Life-ropes... | |
 | Boy - 1859 - 468 σελίδες
...rudder, getting gratings and tarpaulins over the hatches, and double securing the boats, booms, <kc. This was the first real gale of wind we had yet seen....would lift its head against our side, and bursting as it reached our upper ports, send a little deluge across the deck, to run out to leeward. Life ropes... | |
 | Charles Nordhoff - 1874 - 992 σελίδες
...rudder, getting gratings and tarpaulins over the hatches, and double securing the boats, booms, etc. This was the first real gale of wind we had yet seen....Now, for the first time, was our spar-deck wet with sprays. Even now, however, the vessel shipped no regular seas, washing everything fore and aft, as... | |
 | Anne Jane Cupples - 1885 - 136 σελίδες
...wild ; the mountain billows roared as they darted past us. It blew great guns, and I may truly say this was the first real gale of wind we had yet seen, for now for the first time was our spar-deck wet with spray. Everything was secured and re-secured,... | |
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Even now, however, the vessel shipped no regular seas, washing everything fore and aft, as would be the case with a smaller vessel under such circumstances ; but once in a while, a great monster wave would lift its head against our side, and bursting... 