 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - Počet stránok 1482
...but it behaved well, and rose buoyantly on the waves. It has not, so far as we have heard, been tried in pulling- off shore against a gale of wind to a wreck ; but it has frequently beached and rowed off again in a strong breeze. This curious raft, midway between... | |
 | 1853 - Počet stránok 684
...round from Liverpool to London ; it encountered some rough weather in passing through Jack Sound, oft" St. David's Head, and in the Bristol Channel, off...beached and rowed off again in a strong breeze. THE LIFE-BOAT. The spirited owners have left their craft at Messrs. Searle's, the well-known boathuilders... | |
 | 1854 - Počet stránok 542
...it 18 behaved well, and rose buoyantly on the waves. It has not, so far as we have heard, been tried in pulling off shore against a gale of wind to a wreck ; but it has frequently beached and rowed off again in a strong breeze. This curious raft, midway between... | |
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St. David's Head, and in the Bristol Channel, off Padstow. The coxswain declares that no sea ever broke over them, but that the raft rose buoyantly to the waves. On a trial in smooth water, off Woolwich, it held way fairly with a life-boat. No opportunity... 