How To Use Skipper In A Sentence

When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
The vessel has an aluminium deckhouse with skippers cabin, CO2 room, casing, ventilation and Hi-press room.
Then follows a comparison of the performance of the main categories of skippers: Burghers, Chinese, Malays and the most important group of Sulawesians.
Another injury victim, Andy Heald, sees a specialist this week over his sciatica, but former skipper Davey Luker is unlikely to feature again this season due to work commitments.
With their secluded anchorages and bights, Anacapa and the other Channel Islands fairly beckon sailboat skippers.

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Each yacht carries knowledgeable skippers and crew members. Times, Sunday Times
Done with maneuvers, a US Navy aircraft carrier skipper decided to let his crew vote on which port to visit for shore leave.
Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
Chops, our de facto Kiwi skipper and engineer, makes another valiant attempt to get it going with the starter cord.
Pool, led from the front by their new Australian skipper Simon Dart, are showing good early season form.
He wished the crew, skippered by black yachtswoman Cole, good luck, adding: "We'll watch. ANC Daily News Briefing
Some butterflies they attract are spicebush swallowtails, monarchs, fritillaries, whites, skippers, and a host of others.
He was off-colour during England's opening match against France, which his country lost in the dying seconds of the 93-minute thriller after skipper David Beckham muffed a penalty.
Although the vessel was listing to starboard, the skipper continued towards a small island in spite of warnings from the group.
Steven Sippila, skipper of the Sinikka, and his deckhand Scott Boyle have been busy this week preparing their equipment and bait for the busy 13-week season.
The flotilla usually comprises of 8/10 boats, one of which, referred to as the lead boat, carries a skipper, hostess and an engineer.
Boat skippers can cause mishaps on the water with similarly rash behavior.
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The company's systematic deception involved six owners and skippers of fishing vessels and an auctioneer. Times, Sunday Times
Many hardboat skippers have PCs by the helm, displaying electronic charts, plotting their position from a GPS interface and even steering the boat's auto-pilot.
Skipper Stewart Drummond headed over from a corner, Danny Carlton hit a snapshot over the bar when he looked a certain scorer, Chris Lane saw his header come back into play from the crossbar and Lee Collins miskicked in front of a yawning net.
But, generally speaking, I'd rather my skipper took their cues from the Little Corporal than the Iron Duke. The Most Influential Innings of the Decade
What will also nettle Waugh is Ricky Ponting's success as Australia's new one-day skipper.
The reserve is also home to a large number of butterfly species including green hairsteak, dingy skipper and dark green fritillary.
More cryptic but equally fascinating are the mudskippers, a gobioid fish that climbs out of the water into mudflats and even climbs trees. Sundarbans mangroves
He finished with career best figures of six for 122 and after the match received his county cap from skipper Dermot Reeve.
The distressed skipper heard an aside which sounded something like - ‘that tells us a lot’.
The wretched survivors told rescuers the boat 's skipper abandoned them - although it was unclear last night how he managed to flee. The Sun
Silsden got off to a flyer with former Guiseley skipper James Nettleton heading in the opener following a sixth - minute corner.
The skipper of their dive boat sent a Mayday to Humberside Coastguard at 5.15 pm after the two had returned to the boat.
The skipper treads water as a Navy diver waits for a line to be thrown from the Oryx helicopter.
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Often, skippers advocate old fish as best, but my experience proves otherwise with fresh chum being the most effective.
The wantaway skipper, 33, last week handed in a transfer request after club chiefs rejected a new long-term deal. The Sun
Skipper hustled away in midfield and helped the defence. The Sun
And Graham Gooch's first lieutenant Stewart, the Surrey skipper, will be a key witness at a committee of inquiry.
He'd two schooners fishin 'the Labrador in the season, a share in a hundred-ton banker, stock in a south coast whale-factory, God knows how much yellow gold in the bank, an' a round interest in the swiler _Royal Bloodhound_, which he skippered t 'the ice every spring o' the year. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.
The art of sailing is defined, except on the open basins, by the skipper's ability to estimate from the water's surface patterns what the surrounding hills are doing to the wind.
Something kind of crested up out of the water ... and we pretty quickly realized it wasn't a tuna," said Bruce Sweet, the vessel's skipper. Tennessee inmates subject to immigration checks
It is then that the skippers who have managed their time and preserved their energy most efficiently will benefit. Times, Sunday Times
Skipper Mark Hotte and vice-captain Nathan Peat are both pushing for recalls.
Lovesick Goodman was nabbed while skippering his seven-metre yacht RoyAnna.
Once upon a time, a safety officer had a skipper who told him to do a stand-down.
A navy commander takes charge when the skipper is killed. The Sun
The company's systematic deception involved six owners and skippers of fishing vessels and an auctioneer. Times, Sunday Times
However, the other boat suddenly came to an abrupt halt, amid much cursing and shouting from its wetsuited skipper and his drysuited mate.
I could hear my radioman, who seemed very far away, telling the skipper I was down and that he didn't know if I was dead or not. The Truth About Being a Hero
The boat, which sets off from Holy Loch marina, near Dunoon, can be booked with a skipper and cook. Times, Sunday Times
The purpose-built yacht is crewed by four to five professional sailors, out of whom only the skipper is paid a salary.
And we've got Margot standing by with a certain skipper of a certain playoff-bound team, and I'll bet he knows all about post-season excitement. Rick Horowitz: Hungry for Playoff Action!
The skipper was instrumental as his second-placed side took Blackpool apart to tighten their grip on an automatic spot. The Sun
But the only time you'll hear the skipper cry ‘all hands on deck’ is if there's nothing to fill the sails and they have to get the oars out.
Earlier, Reeves had served as skipper of the new collier Jupiter, and when the Navy converted it to the first US aircraft carrier USS Langley in 1924, he became her first commander.
With the cod coming near the boat, walk backwards towards the cabin to allow the skipper to get right to the back of the stern of the boat and he'll net the fish.
That the Chilian skipper is not of this class is proved by the appearance of his "cuddy," which is neatly, if not luxuriously, furnished, and prettily decorated. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea
But these aren't any ordinary bit of rope, just as the competitors in the International Rope Skipping Championships aren't any ordinary skippers.
The skipper added that about 90% of the haddock catch had been undersize fish which were then thrown back dead into the sea, meaning that fewer fish were surviving long enough to breed.
The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy.
He trotted across the level deck to Skipper, who, standing erect on wide-spread legs, the bight of the mainsheet still in his hand, was exclaiming: CHAPTER V
A collective roar of approval came from the big crowd of multihull sailors on the beach - except one skipper who was standing, staring intently at his stopwatch.
Apart from being a decent player, he's also a nice lad and is the skipper this year.
Skipper Andy Baggett moves to outside centre, with Chris Malherbe on the left wing.
As the toll of dead seals increased, charter boat skippers around Oban who make their money from nature-loving tourists, demanded immediate action to stop the slaughter.
Skipper Dean Barker led pretty much all the way and was 180 metres ahead just before the final mark.
The crew of 20 quickly regained control of the vessel but the skipper offered himself to the attackers as a hostage to ensure his men's safety. The Sun
At first I was sanguine enough to hope that, seeing how we slipped away from her, the lateener would 'bout ship, and return to her moorings; but nothing of the kind: she held on like grim death, her skipper, no doubt, being seaman enough to read in the increasingly-threatening aspect of the heavens a promise that his turn should come by-and-by. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War
No one bettered the skipper's haul. The Sun
Chops, our de facto Kiwi skipper and engineer, makes another valiant attempt to get it going with the starter cord.
He will revert to the bench with his number eight slot assumed by skipper Kay.
Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
Take your pick from the central defensive duo of Paddy McLoughlin and stand-in skipper Ruairi Boyle.
Both the janizary and the skipper arose as the others entered the room. Jack Sheppard A Romance
Usually it was very difficult to divert the skipper from any procedure he had decided upon: he was fond of quoting Napoleon's "Order plus counterorder equals disorder. Tin
But Garry was mistaken in this diagnosis of his, as events turned out; but, ere he could say another word, just then as the colonel was going to make a reply to him, the skipper hammered on the deck with a marling - spike to attract attention and give a hail at the very top of his voice that made us all jump, it was so loud and unexpected. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea
In this series England have bowled beautifully to the Aussie skipper. Times, Sunday Times
To see above and below the water, mudskippers pop their movable eyes out of the water and move them up and down like a submarine periscope.
Running aground occurs when the navigator misreads the chart, the skipper tries to cut a corner on a harbor entrance, there is silting moving of soft sand and mud at a harbor mouth, or the tide table is misinterpreted. Sailing Fundamentals
The Skipper caught me at it, I know; but he continued generously unabated in reminiscence. “Samuel! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Ay, there was!”
Simon Talbot from St Osyth was skippering a 53 ft yacht on a trip from Sweden to Cork when the accident happened.
There are two pools, or you can hire a skippered yacht. Times, Sunday Times
And the Wanderers' club skipper insists he is not whistling in the wind.
No one bettered the skipper's haul. The Sun
The West Ham skipper then tried his luck with a well-worked free-kick routine, but the ball took an unfortunate bobble, and he skied his effort.
The skipper did not even bother to be in Mumbai with the team, which eventually registered a dramatic victory on a brute of a pitch.
After the Gulf, Donald served in the Indian Ocean, where he skippered a mine-sweeper dealing with Japanese mines.
He cites the walking catfish, climbing perch, and mudskippers as other examples.
What more the skipper would have spoken remained unsaid, for _crack, crack, crack_! sounding smothered amongst the trees, came the reports of the rifles and the replies made by Don Ramon's vedettes as they were driven in, and the skipper's eyes flashed as he placed a little whistle to his lips and blew shrilly, bringing his own men together at the run. Fitz the Filibuster
Her mouth opened and closed like a mudskipper as she bleated confusedly, Lord Mountrachet? The Forgotten Garden
Tasar skippers must have as a minimum a YA basic skills certificate of competency.
American privateering scourged British commerce during the Revolution, and some U.S. Navy skippers like John Paul Jones won famous single-ship victories.
Marsh was a splendid sort, a capital pilot and skipper and tough as they came, I guessed, but with a fund of yarns and partial to a convivial glass or a hand at euchre. Isabelle
As a teenager in 1944, I was the skipper of a 10-foot rowboat with a centerboard and small sail.
In the Rhine gorge, however, skippers had to concentrate every ounce of their attention on the water. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Acomb had few problems against a beleaguered Huntington, who lost skipper Darren Willis to an ankle injury.
With his dungarees, red neckerchief, beard and constantly oily hands, I couldn't help seeing him as a displaced U-boat skipper - or perhaps my imagination was working overtime.
Take the colorful effusiveness of Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and the ferocity of the late Yankee skipper Billy Martin, and you begin to get a picture.
To save time, the skipper eventually backed up to the fish, which was gaffed aboard in a flurry of foam.
He was not a fit companion for their skipper that particular morning.
As a seasoned skipper, you know that a boat can pitch suddenly when it goes through a wake.
It will be a major shock if Northern Ireland, despite losing skipper Alan McDonald, do not achieve a comfortable win.
Reptiles are slightly harder to love, if only because they're often hiding or submerged, which is why the relationship between the Capalino family and their turtle, a Red-eared Slider named Skipperdee, is noteworthy. Keeping Skipperdee Afloat
With his fellow skipper's famous bareheadedness ravaging his enterprise, Webb had Cavanagh run up two fine custom hats and hurried to the White House to give one to the President and one to Kennedy's long-time friend, a businessman named Red Fay. Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com
A few, like the walking catfish and the mudskipper, are able to crawl about on land, to find food or new habitats.
Many of those who will skipper their own yacht this summer have yet to lay hand on rudder in anger. Times, Sunday Times
Still, there was the small chance that the nonarrival of their skipper at his usual stops would be noted by his fellows, hence the watch. The Golden Torc
The script in these situations normally follows a rather different plot: a diver receives treatment, argues the toss, gets a bit shirty, and jumps back in the water after a row with the boat skipper.
Bulls boss Brian Noble has hailed the return to form of skipper Robbie Paul ahead of Sunday's clash with Huddersfield Giants.
That free kick was precisely judged and the blond mane of the skipper flashed at the ball to glance it securely home.
Reds have lost their opening two Super League games but skipper Goulding believes the Reds can turn things round before long.
Apparently Skipper landed, felt extremely pleased with himself and threw an enormous buck with a twist in it.
Before that, next month, the skipper and his team will make their debut in the Scottish Islands Peaks Race, the Scottish cousin of the longer established Three Peaks event.
The cookroom had no end of bins, lockers and drawers to contain the variety of provisions and stores necessary to get up a dinner for the skipper and his guests, when he had any. Within The Enemy's Lines
Hopes of salvaging a draw were ended, however, when Sheffield hit back four minutes later with a third goal after keeper Sam Hoyle saved one shot but the rebound fell to the visitors' skipper to score.
The flybridge accommodates the skipper and four or five guests in comfort; the helm is on centerline at the aft portion of the bridge and the skipper has a good view of the fishing action below.
In injury time, Maxwell did beat Boswell with a header but Burscough skipper Stephen McNulty hacked the ball off the line for a corner.
Skipper Dave Fallows hit the only six in the match but was caught at deep midwicket next ball for 24.
I recognized the voice and knew immediately that it was the skipper of a Hornet squadron in my air wing.
Sean skippered the ‘Yellow Rose’ to many splendid victories.
They know, with the skipper in the side, they won't be lacking guidance and a driving force.
The boat 's skipper was taken to hospital. The Sun
The congested waters of Rotterdam were a deathtrap for the inattentive skipper. THE LAST TEMPTATION
The former England skipper evoked memories of less happy days with the national side when he blazed an injury time spot-kick over the bar and at the same time passed up on the opportunity to end his career on 100 goals.
It was a taste of what could be in the not too distant future for the youth team skipper. The Sun
Skipper Davy come with fair courage, laggin 'a bit by the way, in the way o' lovers, thinks I, at such times. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.
But stand-in skipper McAllister is confident that Leeds will bounce back in the style that made them champions last May.
Gateshead could again be without influential skipper and central midfield orchestrater Kris Gate (ankle), who was hugely-impressive on The Heed's last visit to South Cumbria. Evening Mail news round-up
Unknown to our crew, the skipper had told the squadron our aircraft had ditched, and survivor status was unknown.
There are mineworkers hoping to become nurses, police officers, prison officers, driving instructors and yacht skippers.
He is the first Aussie skipper in 120 years to suffer that humiliation. The Sun
For the past eight years he has skippered boats for whale shark tours.
Boat skippers would have to apply for licences. The Sun
The prawn trawler skipper dashed to the harbour where he keeps his boat.
Talking to the boat skippers, they get dorado's and bonito within an easy cast of the shoreline during feeding frenzies.
His partner in that endeavor was gritty, dauntless, razor-sharp captain Sourav Ganguly , while in Mahendra Singh Dhoni India currently have a skipper who has tactical acumen, icy calmness and, most important of all, the respect of the great players around him. Can England Rain on India's Parade?
The Chelsea skipper was in no doubt that his team-mate should not have been carded.
Having fished from Kei Mouth for 23 years as a skiboat skipper when he saw daily catches of up to 250 kg of black steenbras brought in by one boat; another pulling 90 dageraad off one reef.
He skippered his own boat the " Sean Og ", at eighteen.
He enjoys the added pressure of being skipper but insists he is only keeping the armband warm for Kompany. The Sun
Victory, rendered cheap and easy by reason of the purblindness of the frantic cook, who was trying to persuade Mr. Green to raise his face from the floor so that he could punch it for him, remained with Joe and Ben, who, in reply to the angry shouts of the skipper from above, pointed silently to the combatants. A Master Of Craft
The boat's French skipper was still missing last night and is believed to have been washed overboard on Friday.
The rescued men included the Taiwanese skipper of the vessel as well as two Taiwanese and two Vietnamese workers.
Rehman is bowling over the wicket, into the rough outside the left-hander's off-stump, and he's mixing up his pace, probing away, looking for a rip-snorter that will skittle the skipper. Pakistan v England – day four live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth
It is then that the skippers who have managed their time and preserved their energy most efficiently will benefit. Times, Sunday Times
He was a big hard-faced 'blue-noser' from Nova Scotia, and a braver skipper never took a ship through the Golden Gate to sea. Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon
Diabetes is a condition which usually disqualifies a skipper from transoceanic solo racing.
Barring the nightly message of encouragement captain Kardar stuck to his bathroom mirror, there were no instructions from the skipper.
The skipper was instrumental as his second-placed side took Blackpool apart to tighten their grip on an automatic spot. The Sun
Philip, 46, skippered a yacht carrying 3.7 tonnes of cannabis - worth 11 million - from North Africa to Cornwall.
Get two of you to hold a long rope at either end with one skipper standing in the middle. Times, Sunday Times
It is then that the skippers who have managed their time and preserved their energy most efficiently will benefit. Times, Sunday Times
He has worked as a dive charter skipper in Australia and knows why missing divers are so hard to spot.
The congested waters of Rotterdam were a deathtrap for the inattentive skipper. THE LAST TEMPTATION
In the Rhine gorge, however, skippers had to concentrate every ounce of their attention on the water. THE LAST TEMPTATION
There will be few tears shed at the prospect of the skipper's demise should that happen since Gregan is a notoriously prickly character who engenders more respect than warmth.
The Barbarians skipper Ian Jones will have sunk a few beers last night as the incomparable Kiwi had just played his last game of rugby.
Midway through the second half, former Bantams skipper Lee Duxbury netted his first goal for the Throstle Nest outfit, again from a Stamer assist.
Skipper John Smit added to the hosannas by alluding to Montgomery's positive influence on younger players and his insights into the individual quirks of Welsh players.
An expert yacht skipper, she also liked to take time off in the summer to go sailing. Times, Sunday Times
Skipper Jim Bentley was forced off after taking a whack in the face in a clash of heads, while David Perkins also took a kick on the leg.
Skippers, bumblebees and hummingbirds know which garden they prefer: They'll flock to a yard full of colorful, nectar-rich flowers.
It was becoming rougher, and the Lieutenant, studiously avoiding the skipper's eye, was smiling with ill-concealed satisfaction. THE LONELY SEA
Yesterday, the happy Hammers boss was prepared to officially pardon his skipper. The Sun
Three more days the _Arla_ spent on the coast, and three more nights the skipper and the mate drank overfondly of cold tea, leaving Bertie to keep watch. Great Sea Stories
Bermudans, said their skipper Clay Smith, are already chartering aircraft for the debut on the biggest of stages.
Until the foreign-based players join the squad, Zanaco midfielder Numba Mumamba remains the skipper of the side.
A Prada skipper sailed out to the Hauraki Gulf Tuesday morning knowing it had to win the two races on the card to survive for a sudden-death run-off Wednesday against OneWorld.
A good skipper will have a plentiful supply of bottled water in the icebox, but it is as well to check before leaving port that he had laid in enough to last the day.
Mackay, 26, who was as adept in the back-row as in the second-row, was best known as a sevens player, having represented Australia regularly on the international circuit for the past five years, skippering the side in numerous tournaments. Undefined
Myself - skipper Castor - 1st officer & pilot Meade - 2nd officer & asst. cook Hazel - chief engineer Pollux - asst.eng. & relief pilot Edith - ship's surgeon & cook Buster - 'supercargo' The Rolling Stones
Some butterflies they attract are spicebush swallowtails, monarchs, fritillaries, whites, skippers, and a host of others.
If you find yourself yachtless, fear not: A number of companies rent yachts either bareboat or with a skipper.
Many modern, steel-hulled ships have been damaged by sea ice, but an experienced skipper, carefully picking his way through open leads and uncompacted areas, can crunch through a floe with relative confidence.
There are skippers sailing out of Peterhead harbour on every trip knowing they have to clear more than #8000 each month before they move into profit from their voyage.
The best diving is usually found on the exposed north side of off-shore reefs, but boat skippers prefer to moor up in the lee.
Usually from the bemused skipper of a boat I'd just rammed. The Sun
Skipper hustled away in midfield and helped the defence. The Sun
The skipper of the vessel shouted an order to a crewman.
Many of those who will skipper their own yacht this summer have yet to lay hand on rudder in anger. Times, Sunday Times
I got in touch with the skipper of Siteseeker, a fast dayboat operating out of Porthleven.
Many of those who will skipper their own yacht this summer have yet to lay hand on rudder in anger. Times, Sunday Times
Boig the skipper, is in the harbor and Grief learns from his trader Ieremia of a banknote reading "The First Royal Bank of Fitu-Iva will pay to bearer on demand one pound sterling," the note signed "Chancellor of the Exchequer" Fulualea — a Fijian name meaning "feathers of the sun. “Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?”
The boat got stuck on a mud bank and his skipper shouted to let the airman go.
With former skipper Nigel Durham heading to Cork for his stag weekend, York have opted not to fill the various gaps in their playing strength by taking a week off at first-team level.
Usually from the bemused skipper of a boat I'd just rammed. The Sun
He's got the menacing physique and the even more bone-chilling voice required to scare any bail-skippers and debt-ridden lowlifes right out of hiding and directly into a prison cell. Once Alec Baldwin Quits Acting, What Jobs Should He Pursue? » MTV Movies Blog
Props Ben Anderson and Kemlo Longstaff put the Irons front row into panic stations with their dynamic scrimmaging, while skipper Alex Sutherland secured an impressive share of lineout ball and flanker Jack South and No 8 Gavin Welsh foraged hard in the loose. Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
Even then the skipper has to be alert for out-of-season storm warnings, currently broadcast on a ham radio net.
Yesterday, the happy Hammers boss was prepared to officially pardon his skipper. The Sun
Dive charter skipper John Walker looked over the trio's dive plan and planned his own search.
The skippers and mates are professionally qualified yachtsmen and women but the others, volunteers from across Defence, have often never stepped onto a yacht before.
If that was not enough, he has also been named skipper of the British athletics team. The Sun
Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
The South African skipper has flared as one of the brightest new talents on the international scene.
He sniffed down the forecastle hatch, sniffed into the galley where two Chinese cooks jabbered unintelligibly to him, sniffed down the cabin companionway, sniffed down the engine-room skylight and for the first time knew gasoline and engine oil; but sniff as he would, wherever he ran, no scent did he catch of Skipper. CHAPTER XX
Coach Bob Dwyer is playing it cagey over his choice of a replacement skipper.
As an interesting writer is by definition a pond-skipper, a book-dipper, perhaps a tippler and ever an eccentric, it's no surprise to find procrastination only a few letters away from (literary) procreation. Reading, Young and Old
And he loves sailing: he skippers racing yachts. Times, Sunday Times
I will have to wait until my skipper is back for lates on Wednesday to hear all the war stories. Vehicle Spotting « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The key player for Heriot's was skipper Rory Lawson, who is playing more and more in the mould of father Alan, a former Scotland scrum-half.
The boat 's skipper was taken to hospital. The Sun

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