Stout pieces of plank put up endways under the skegg of the ship, to steady the after-part when in the act of being launched.
A small and slender part of the keel of a ship, cut slanting, and left a little without the stern-po...
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Two long square blocks of timber, resting diagonally with their heads to the cleats. They are placed...
Are not unfrequent on an open coast. The most remarkable instance, perhaps, is that of the Guiana; t...
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