How To Use Seamanship In A Sentence

  • On board were up to 130 cadets getting a general education as well as learning seamanship from the 20 staff.
  • Did I venture to run the wildest rapids of the creek in the clumsy box which I called my canoe, she trusted her newest frock and ribbons to my seamanship. David Malcolm
  • Furthermore, this glimpse of history is not a familiar one to any but a most dedicated student of history or seamanship.
  • We were, however, consoled by reflecting, that every thing which zeal, fortitude, and seamanship, could produce, was concentred in her commander. The Settlement at Port Jackson
  • The sinking may have been a result of overloading, poor seamanship or both.
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  • Even so, Nichols, watching from the Caledonia's quarterdeck, was almost mesmerized by the lifeboat coxswain 's seamanship. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • Henceforth he would have to rely on his seamanship to navigate.
  • We are only at the beginning of the voyage, and have to learn an entirely new system of seamanship.
  • I'm not much good for anything else,’ he added ruefully, hoping that an admission of his poor seamanship would mollify the other boy.
  • Even so, Nichols, watching from the Caledonia's quarterdeck, was almost mesmerized by the lifeboat coxswain's seamanship. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • In all his readings of seamanship and knots he had never found himself moved to tears, unless from boredom.
  • There are plenty of hands-on activities, covering all aspects of seamanship, including navigation, weather forecasting and ship-handling.
  • Getting a good start was imperative to finish in the top 10 and this meant some cunning seamanship around the start boat to ensure a clean start.
  • A collision was caused by a "blunder in seamanship of ... a somewhat serious and startling character" by an uncertificated second mate.
  • The journey round Cape Horn demanded a high degree of seamanship.
  • The next day, we all commenced in earnest our studies in navigation and seamanship, the naval instructor with his assistants working us up in our mathematics and imparting to us the elements of plane and spherical trigonometry; while the boatswain and his mates gave us practical lessons in the setting up of rigging and making of knots, so that there should be no chance of our mistaking a "sheepshank" for a "cat's paw," or a "Flemish eye" for a "grommet! Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant
  • What Wegener found at Cape May was the last and best true school of seamanship in the Western world. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
  • `Incredible," he said and when Carter flicked him a look he added, `You can be on big ships so long, you forget basic seamanship. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • While doing this, of course, I had another practical lesson in seamanship, learning all about "double luffs" and "toggles," "salvagee strops" and "Burton tackles," and all the rest of such gear, whose name is legion. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea
  • The journey round Cape Horn demanded a high degree of seamanship.
  • Daniel Defoe was knowledgeable and proficient in seamanship, he understood the workings of a ship and the skills required for its operation.
  • It was during Frederik's tutorial on seamanship that Claire delivered the surprising news.
  • The ships then maintain parallel courses while the fuel is pumped - an operation which requires a high degree of seamanship.
  • This is poor seamanship, as a rock awash off Jones Point is not visible.
  • They had been trained in physical fitness and swimming, self-defense and small-arms shooting, first aid and seamanship, firefighting and the proper way to pack a seabag. Come Again No More
  • I'm willing to bet I'll have a need to learn better seamanship, as I know he'll want me to accompany him next time he heads for the southern continent.
  • Still, Walker wondered why a boy with so little training in seamanship had stolen away to sea.
  • His lack of experience and seamanship, coupled with that outlandish ego, made him a terrible leader.
  • The journey round Cape Horn demanded a high degree of seamanship.
  • His incompetence, both in terms of seamanship and leadership, led to the grounding of the Medusa and encouraged the panic that swept those on board.
  • And then a high order of seamanship is required on our rounds. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
  • Possessing an unslakable thirst for glory, a genius for seamanship, a combative nature, and a Gatsby-like desire to be recognized as a gentleman, Jones offered his services to the cause of American independence.
  • Furthermore, owing to the possession of property beyond the limits of Attica,50 and the exercise of magistracies which take them into regions beyond the frontier, they and their attendants have insensibly acquired the art of navigation. 51 A man who is perpetually voyaging is forced to handle the oar, he and his domestics alike, and to learn the terms familiar in seamanship. The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
  • The journey round Cape Horn demanded a high degree of seamanship.
  • I thought you knew all there was to know about seamanship already? ‘she smiled.’
  • That's what made us fetch to leeward," the captain interrupted, desiring to vindicate his seamanship. THE SEED OF McCOY
  • Military drill and discipline, as well as seamanship are still part of the book.
  • Other state-supported institutions provide advanced training in nursing, engineering, commerce, and seamanship.
  • The town council has in turn appealed to the seamanship of the Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets who have agreed to launch one of their boats to row the raiding party across.

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