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  • At that, they leaped overboard and instantly were changed into dolphins, all except the good helmsman.
  • Inside the bridge of the Goldoba, Ramirez clenched the rails around the helmsman's chair so hard he left dents in the metal.
  • Three crew changes were made during the Auckland stop-over in an attempt to resurrect the women's flagging fortunes and these included Scottish ocean sailor Emma Richards as helmsman / trimmer.
  • The show has transfixed practically every TV-watcher since it was first broadcast thanks to Tarrant's skilful helmsmanship.
  • The helmsman drowsed against the binnacle with the wheel clamped in the friction brake as the galleass drifted under the limp billows of her staysails. Stormwarden
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  • The hooker needed no looking after in such weather as this, and the only individual, beside ourselves, abaft the mainmast was the helmsman. The Castaways
  • Jacko was found guilty of these two charges by the steward and helmsman, (whose pipe Jacko had also committed to the waters of the Scaggerack,) and ordered to the mast-head; and there he remained for three hours sitting close to the jaws of the gaff, and chattering, without cessation, his annoyances to the gaff halliard blocks. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition
  • They had a good race, and Pilgrim, helmed by Graham Tullet, the fleet's youngest helmsman, recorded its first win.
  • He was not only an outstanding helmsman, but also a designer, boat builder, sail maker and rigging specialist par excellence.
  • Mount the radar display at the helm of the boat, in clear view and within easy reach of the helmsman.
  • As you begin lowering the anchor, the helmsman can shift the engine into idle reverse, so that the vessel just begins making slight sternway about the time the anchor reaches the bottom.
  • When they heard the Cages bell, not to leeward where it should have been but off the port bow, the helmsman panicked. THE MAIN CAGES
  • The stern or puppis, from which we derive the term poop, was elevated above the other parts of the deck, and here the helmsman had his seat, sheltered by a shed frequently adorned with an image of the tutelary deity of the vessel. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
  • The Helmsman wore an official Helms hat, a tie, and a shiny chrome coin changer on his belt. LAist
  • The word Cybernetics comes from the Greek word kybernotos which means a governor - helmsman, actually, the kybernotos was the pilot of a ship.
  • He waited until the Cormorant stabilized dead downwind, then nodded to the helmsman. CORMORANT
  • At first it all seems rather gentle as you drift along with the current, the helmsman steering a steady course, the water only occasionally lapping over the sides of your raft.
  • Although mild mannered, he was a tough and successful racing helmsman in dinghies and keel boats.
  • gubernator" or helmsman, and in that view, the government is but an agency of the State, distinguished as it must be, in accurate thought, from its scheme and machinery of government. Vanguard News
  • The Society remained active for 54 years, throughout all this time under the helmsmanship of Maurice Earley.
  • As soon as they passed the helmsman, he pulled her to the taffrail.
  • He said something to the helmsman, and the boat veered towards a narrow wharf where a couple of launches were moored. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • There are foot cleats for the helmsman and seatbacks are inclined for comfortable seating.
  • The bravery of a helmsman and crew of Cardigan's B class inshore lifeboat in saving the lives of four men have been recognised by the RNLI.
  • The preceptor is the helmsman, and knowledge is the boat (aided by whom and which one succeeds in crossing the ocean of the world). The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
  • It is the helmsman who is accused of neglect, and not the cabin-boy, because it is the helmsman's job to steer the ship.
  • He was not only an outstanding helmsman, but also a designer, boat builder, sail maker and rigging specialist par excellence.
  • Besides overseeing the continuous adjustment, by trimming of sails and orders to the helmsman, of the Arangi to her way on the sea, and overseeing the boat's crew at its task of washing deck and polishing brasswork, he was engaged in steadily nipping from a stolen bottle of his captain's whiskey which he had stowed away in the hollow between the two sacks of yams lashed on deck aft the mizzenmast. Chapter 7
  • The water beneath the fishing boat they were in off the Sri Lankan coast had turned a murky brown and the helmsman was hurriedly steering them back to shore.
  • Let's follow our great helmsman!
  • Night set and the helmsman steered the ship.
  • The helmsman steers the ship back into its regular course, and they are met with a good wind, which cheers the crew.
  • The seat was bonded to the deck and offered plenty of watertight stowage below and a reversible back-rest which was moulded to snugly fit both passenger and helmsman.
  • Despite making the news for matters other than his helmsmanship of the tribunal, he may yet see the job through over the next 15 years.
  • Besides overseeing the continuous adjustment, by trimming of sails and orders to the helmsman, of the Arangi to her way on the sea, and overseeing the boat’s crew at its task of washing deck and polishing brasswork, he was engaged in steadily nipping from a stolen bottle of his captain’s whiskey which he had stowed away in the hollow between the two sacks of yams lashed on deck aft the mizzenmast. CHAPTER VII
  • As trimmer / helmsman, Richards agrees she could not have picked a more daunting debut in the round-the-world race.
  • Ensign Erik Neal, stands on the bridge wing and talks to the helmsman on a microphone.
  • At first it all seems rather gentle as you drift along with the current, the helmsman steering a steady course, the water only occasionally lapping over the sides of your raft.
  • Mount the radar display at the helm of the boat, in clear view and within easy reach of the helmsman.
  • He said something to the helmsman, and the boat veered towards a narrow wharf where a couple of launches were moored. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • An autopilot will improve the performance of your vessel by steering a course or holding a heading with more precision than a human helmsman.
  • He must be helmsman and chief, the cragsman, the rifleman, the boat steerer.
  • The helmsman responded as he maneuvered the Lexington away from the chunk of frozen ice and rock.
  • Thick tarps, stretched gunwale to gunwale, deck three-quarters of the Brendan, but where the helmsman must stand there is a gaping hole.
  • This exercise should be repeated until releasing casting off and trimming the jib is a smooth and coordinated effort on the part of the crew at helmsman. Sailing Fundamentals
  • A helmsman is tested in a rough sea; a hero is distinguished in difficult circumstances.
  • He said something to the helmsman, and the boat veered towards a narrow wharf where a couple of launches were moored. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • A device can be added that, like an experienced helmsman, senses the beginning of a turn before it is visible on the compass or has been sensed by the autopilot.
  • The movement brought the stern to view, with all its garniture-Tritons like those at the bow; name in large raised letters; the rudder at the side; the elevated platform upon which the helmsman sat, a stately figure in full armour, his hand upon the rudder-rope; and the aplustre, high, gilt, carved, and bent over the helmsman like a great runcinate leaf. Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ
  • If this 90-degree turn is anticipated and practiced, the helmsman will be able to come about from closehauled to close-hauled every time. Sailing Fundamentals
  • He then took a sip from his cup and sat down on the chair beside the helmsman of the ship who was piloting it towards its next stop.
  • The boat pulled alongside and, without waiting for the helmsman to tie up, Carol jumped ashore. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • I linelike that the history market stock, in forwarding to the luteal helmsman, was feral to tabletop a new casern for wyomingite. Rational Review
  • The old helmsman brought us about and we avoided a dangerous dash against the rocks.
  • Hereupon a wave like a steep mountain rose aloft in front as though rushing upon them, ever upheaved above the clouds; nor would you say that they could escape grim death, for in its fury it hangs over the middle of the ship, like a cloud, yet it sinks away into calm if it meets with a skilful helmsman. The Argonautica
  • The captain counts it a light upon one of the headlands of the Jersey shore; and he orders the helmsman (she is sailing in the eye of an easy westerly breeze) to give her a couple of points more "northing"; and the yards and sheets are trimmed accordingly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
  • The helmsman swung the rudder across to take them away from the shore. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
  • Beginners start with a Competent Crew course, which covers subjects such as sail handling, mooring, rope work, safety and helmsmanship.
  • Once, he even directed the helmsman to beach the boat, right into the teeth of an ambush, and pursued our attackers on foot, into the jungle.
  • For example, closed circuit television gives the helmsman a view of the engine compartment and of the aft deck of the boat.
  • If he is too late in releasing the jib sheet, the sail will backwind and the helmsman will have difficulties in preventing the boat from oversteering. Sailing Fundamentals
  • The country is like a boat sailing without a helmsman.
  • The helmsman skillfully navigated the ship towards the enormous docking bay doors which engulfed the view screen.
  • When the lifeboat approached he refused the rescue crew's assistance so helmsman Mike Picknett called the police.
  • In such circumstances the helicopter is used to harry and confuse the crew of the boats, flying low over the target and directing the powerful downwash from its rotor blades into the faces of the helmsman.
  • Blood leaned over the rail to speak to the fair young man immediately below him by the helmsman at the whipstaff. Captain Blood
  • Although disabled by polio during the Second World War, Proctor was also a first-rate helmsman.
  • A trimmer / helmsman on board had only one thing on his mind when he arrived in Capetown at the end of leg one - romance.
  • He has also taught them the correct procedures for towing other vessels, anchorages, helmsmanship and lookouts.
  • Chen Yi was not the Great Helmsman but he was there at the helm of the new China, steering its course into the 21st century.
  • Once, he even directed the helmsman to beach the boat, right into the teeth of an ambush, and pursued our attackers on foot, into the jungle.
  • Regardless of your choice of chart plotter remember that a prudent helmsman never relies exclusively on a single source of navigation data.
  • The helmsman fired the aft thrusters again, moving the Columbia from a dead stop to full acceleration.
  • He must be helmsman and chief, the cragsman, the rifleman, the boat steerer. Foreword
  • The helmsman skillfully navigated the ship towards the enormous docking bay doors which engulfed the view screen.
  • The helmsman engaged the ship's main thrusters for about two seconds, sending the Hiawatha slowly into the wormhole.

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