Year: 1968 Language: English Author: Hampton T. A. Genre: Dictionary Publisher: David & Charles Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 142 Description: As a seafaring nation we all know about ships and the sea—or do we ? Who controls the pilot service and the lightships around our coasts ? When is a ship not a ship but a barque or a barquentine ? Can a lifeboat claim salvage? What is the greatest depth at which a diver can work in safety ?Why are there groynes on our beaches ? And what time of day is ‘four bells’ ? Here are the answers to these, and a hundred other questions constantly being asked by those who live or come to spend a holiday in coastal resorts or at one of our busy seaports—and a veritable godsend to parents of enquiring children —this is a book of fascinating interest and the key to a wealth of specialised knowledge about ships, sailors and the lore of the sea. Illustrated by more than 125 original drawings of nautical subjects, and written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, this informative guide to the sailor’s world can be relied upon not only to turn landlubbers into shellbacks but also to add much to their appreciation and understanding of our national heritage and of the life, language and customs of those who go down to the sea in ships of all sizes.
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The sailor's world
Language: English
Author: Hampton T. A.
Genre: Dictionary
Publisher: David & Charles
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 142
Description: As a seafaring nation we all know about ships and the sea—or do we ? Who controls the pilot service and the lightships around our coasts ? When is a ship not a ship but a barque or a barquentine ? Can a lifeboat claim salvage? What is the greatest depth at which a diver can work in safety ?Why are there groynes on our beaches ? And what time of day is ‘four bells’ ?
Here are the answers to these, and a hundred other questions constantly being asked by those who live or come to spend a holiday in coastal resorts or at one of our busy seaports—and a veritable godsend to parents of enquiring children —this is a book of fascinating interest and the key to a wealth of specialised knowledge about
ships, sailors and the lore of the sea.
Illustrated by more than 125 original drawings of nautical subjects, and written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, this informative guide to the sailor’s world can be relied upon not only to turn landlubbers into shellbacks but also to add much to their appreciation and understanding of our national heritage and of the life, language and customs of those who go down to the sea in ships of all sizes.
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