Recreation Volume 50, No. 6 (Paperback)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...showed one hundred gallons not yet touched. That announcement was received with a cheer. Not until Wednesday, four days after leaving Philadelphia, did the navigator "get the sun" at noon, and again at 4 P.M. Then the Tocsam was found to be one hundred and twenty miles northeast of Bermuda. The little cruiser had run many miles out of her course, had passed the Islands, but still had some fourteen and a half hours to make port within the allowed time. There must needs be good men to handle these boats; men who know the sea, navigation and are quick-witted to meet any emer Mi" gets his first sight of the sun Bermuda race of 1913 gency. Extra parts for the engine must he carried and every precaution for safety taken. The nets on the Barbara against falling over-board are the best yet discovered. They stood eight feet from the decks all around the boat in the last race and made it impossible to go over her sides into the sea. In the race of 1912, the Kathemma had the same nets and they prevented the writer from going over-board one night when the storm was at its height. One of the boats returning to the United States had a fire, but because of the drill to which the men were accustomed, prompt action was taken and the fire quenched. Then speculation followed on the likely course had the flames got the better of the yachtsmen. At the time, the sea was smooth and the small boat could have been launched; but then what? Probably a steamer would have come along and picked the men up or the Gulf Stream taken the little boat across to foreign lands. In this case, the fire was under a three hundred gallon gas tank Another case of near-accident was in the Bermuda race of 19o9 when a yachtsman was thrown from his feet by a big sea and...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...showed one hundred gallons not yet touched. That announcement was received with a cheer. Not until Wednesday, four days after leaving Philadelphia, did the navigator "get the sun" at noon, and again at 4 P.M. Then the Tocsam was found to be one hundred and twenty miles northeast of Bermuda. The little cruiser had run many miles out of her course, had passed the Islands, but still had some fourteen and a half hours to make port within the allowed time. There must needs be good men to handle these boats; men who know the sea, navigation and are quick-witted to meet any emer Mi" gets his first sight of the sun Bermuda race of 1913 gency. Extra parts for the engine must he carried and every precaution for safety taken. The nets on the Barbara against falling over-board are the best yet discovered. They stood eight feet from the decks all around the boat in the last race and made it impossible to go over her sides into the sea. In the race of 1912, the Kathemma had the same nets and they prevented the writer from going over-board one night when the storm was at its height. One of the boats returning to the United States had a fire, but because of the drill to which the men were accustomed, prompt action was taken and the fire quenched. Then speculation followed on the likely course had the flames got the better of the yachtsmen. At the time, the sea was smooth and the small boat could have been launched; but then what? Probably a steamer would have come along and picked the men up or the Gulf Stream taken the little boat across to foreign lands. In this case, the fire was under a three hundred gallon gas tank Another case of near-accident was in the Bermuda race of 19o9 when a yachtsman was thrown from his feet by a big sea and...

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United States

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April 2013

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April 2013

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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798

ISBN-13

978-1-154-82807-8

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9781154828078

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1-154-82807-7



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