 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...Near, or no near. An order to the helmsman not to keep the ship so close to the wind. Nothing- ?ff. A term used by the man at the cun to the steersman, directing him not to go from the wind. Nun-buoy. The kind of buoys used by ships of wat. • ' Oakum. Old rope untwisted and pulled open.... | |
 | Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...wind. Nun buoy. The kind of buoys used by ships of war. On/, um. Old rope untwisted and pulled open. Off and on. When a ship is beating to windward, so that by one board she approaches towards the shore, and by the other stands out to sea, she is said to stand... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...pieces of cordage used to fasten the messenger to the cable in heaving up the anchor. Nothing iff. A term used by the man at the cun to the steersman, directing him not to go from the wind. .Vim buoy. The kind of buoys used by ships of war. Out, um. Old rope untwisted and pulled open. Off... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...the ship so close to the wind. Л"/;>/кт«. Certain pieces of cordage used to fasten the messenger to the cable in heaving up the anchor. Nothing off. A term used by the man at tliccun to the iteersman, directing him not to go from the wind. •Vbn buoy. The kind of buoys used... | |
 | George Little - Sailors - 1845 - 428 pages
...the ship so close to the wind. Nippers. — A certain piece of cordage used to fasten the messenger to the cable in heaving up the anchor. Nothing off....— When a ship is beating to windward, so that by one board she approaches to the shore, and by the other stands out to sea. Offing. —To seaward from... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 pages
...certain pieces of cordage used to fasten the messenger to the cable in heaving up the anchor. " frothing off! " a term used by the man at the cun to the steersman, directing him not to go from the wind. Л'ип buoy ; the kind of buoys used by ships of war. o. Oakum; old rope untwisted and pulled open.... | |
 | James Pryde - Navigation - 1867 - 506 pages
...buoy, a buoy tapering at each end. Oakum, old yarns untwisted and pulled open ; used for caulking, &c. Off and on. When a ship is beating to windward, so that by one board she approaches towards the shore, and by the other stands out to sea, she is said to stand... | |
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Oakum; old rope untwisted and pulled open. Off and on. When a ship is beating to windward, so that by one board she approaches towards the shore, and by the other stands out to sea, she is said to stand off and on shore. 