Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 |
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Page 533
... wind blows warm and easy from the north - east . The sun shines . The harbour glints and leaps and darks and sparkles . And we are masters of our environment . But the Heads soon open up . The old un- forgiving ocean swell reaches for ...
... wind blows warm and easy from the north - east . The sun shines . The harbour glints and leaps and darks and sparkles . And we are masters of our environment . But the Heads soon open up . The old un- forgiving ocean swell reaches for ...
Page 534
... wind is heavy . At forty knots it comes out of the cold south - west , fetching up a short but steep sea , with not much white for warning , into which we charge at seven knots . Each unseen crest whammels the length of the gunwale ...
... wind is heavy . At forty knots it comes out of the cold south - west , fetching up a short but steep sea , with not much white for warning , into which we charge at seven knots . Each unseen crest whammels the length of the gunwale ...
Page 535
... wind is hard from the north - west . are in the lee of Eddystone Point , but there is no holding ground - nor time , for that matter . We must go on , and hold on . The rising wind veers with the sun , bringing cloud and rain . In the ...
... wind is hard from the north - west . are in the lee of Eddystone Point , but there is no holding ground - nor time , for that matter . We must go on , and hold on . The rising wind veers with the sun , bringing cloud and rain . In the ...
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