Sentences with phrase «47ft sloop»

Also, Rhode Islanders were among the first colonists to take action against British rule when they attacked and burned the British revenue vessel, the sloop Liberty, in Newport on July 19, 1769.

Not spry enough to scamper on a deck or fend a tall sloop from a leeward wreck, I steer my way.

The little sloop is the clever person, no matter whether he be the highest or the least.

BOATING — ROBIN, a 43 - foot sloop skippered by Lee Van Gemert and owned by Ted Hood, won the trans - Atlantic race from Newport with a corrected time of 14 days, 21:41:00.

What happens when Mary signals for the 43 Purple Sloop may determine which NFL teams go Super Bowling in Pasadena

Skipper of the 42 - foot sloop Jack Knife, he took his class in the Miami - to - Montego Bay race this year and was the overall winner in the Annapolis - to - Newport race last week.

The local yachtsmen will furnish the boats — sleek 38 - foot sloops of the K - 38 Class.

The auxiliary power of the little sloop was a lawn - mower motor with a mind of its own — at times harder to start than a mixed gate of mares and stallions.

Snaith's first boat was a 19 - foot sloop that he and his wife, Betty, named Cleody Skipper after their eldest son, MacLeod (then age 4), and their second son, Sheppard (age one and nicknamed Skipper).

BOATING — DORA IV, a 61 - foot sloop owned by Lynn Williams of Chicago, was the overall and Class A winner of the 50th annual 298 - mile Port Huron - to - Mackinac Island yacht race.

Harrier in 1957 ran as a sloop and won the Annapolis - Newport, but the Harrier of 1959 had jettisoned her modest mainsail and jib for a huge undignified main and no jib at all.

For this, he went to Luders Marine Construction Co. of Stamford, Conn., a pioneer in molded hulls, whose latest model of the ribless L - 27 cruising sloop is one of the prime attractions at the New York boat show this week.

Or get thee to Bequia, with sloop service twice a week from St. Vincent's.

The Sloop John B tune can be heard at most grounds every week these days, but it wasn't always this way.

My tentative - milk - drinking 6 year old enjoys her milk the most when she is having cereal and using her 1 $ Sloop — a unique spoon - straw utensil — made by the now defunct company Cereality.

A frequent speaker on parenting topics and an advocate for free, unstructured play in homes and schools, she has a special passion for nonprofits; before turning to writing full - time, she worked for The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and many others.

«Environmental advocacy organizations, including Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, NRDC, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and many others have highlighted these widespread expert opinions on the cleanup and concur that more work needs to be done.»

It's a dramatic change,» said John Parker, a lawyer representing the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which has opposed the deal with the New York Public Interest Research Group and other groups.

Manna Jo Greene is the Environmental Director for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

With a long track record as Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA)'s recycling coordinator, and currently serving as director of Environmental Action for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Greene is a well - known advocate for sustainable development.

The environmental group Hudson River Sloop Clearwater called the planned Indian Point shutdown «a step in the right direction» but said the fact that it won't happen until 2021 means risks will remain for the next four years.

Grant writer and former Hudson River Sloop Clearwater executive director Gregg Swanzey had no connection to Gallo or the campaign before he was hired to head up the city's Economic Development Office for $ 50,000 per year.

Ulster County Legislator Manna Jo Greene, who is the environmental director for the environmental protection group Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, said Hinchey was a tireless advocate for a sustainable economy, a healthy environment, world peace and social justice while in the state Assembly and Congress.

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater will honor a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official at its Third Annual Spirit of the Hudson gala in February.

Lewis said he's excited by the possibility of opening access to the Hudson River above 79th Street for historic and educational vessels such as the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Tugboat Pegasus, Fireboat John J. Harvey, and other ships operated by non-profit groups.

She imagines him in the teak cabin of his Key West — anchored sloop, stubbornly aging.

When last we heard from J. Craig Venter, he was sailing around the world in his 95 - foot sloop, Sorcerer II, collecting water samples from the sea and inland lakes.

He gazes out the window at icy Eel Pond and Buzzard's Bay beyond it, then throws a wistful glance at a photo of Woods Hole in summer, when he sails his wife's 41 - foot Beneteau sloop, Origins.

Collaborators included theoreticians Alexander Ivanov and Vyacheslav Bryantsev; organic chemists Jansone - Popova, Ilja Popovs and Madeline Dekarske; structural characterizations chemist Radu Custelcean; and separations chemists Frederick Sloop and Moyer.

The game looks gorgeous and the sailing mechanics are great fun, whether you're working with a few friends to sail a galley or scoot around solo on a sloop.

The class is sailing along like a tight sloop on a fresh sea.

- Lost: Lost: Thomas Noon of Orlando needs the winch that raises and lowers the centerboard on a Charles Morgan Classic 30 - foot Sloop.

As their sloop sails toward the remote Bahamian Cays, the Spencers are unaware of the deadly white powder concealed inside their yacht's hanging wet locker.

Just after dark on February 16,1779, a kahuna, or holy man, rode a canoe to His Majesty's Sloop Resolution, anchored off the coast of Hawaii.

The waters used to be filled mostly with tugboats, fishing boats, sloops, and the occasional mammoth steamship pulling in from Europe after the long crossing.

The Marina inside the harbor has sloops ranging in length from 25 - 51 feet.

No trip to our island resort is complete without experiencing an exhilarating day sail with our resident skipper, Jeff Stevens on the hand - crafted sloop named BEAUTY.

Here, crews from across the archipelago race traditional island sloops by day, then party the night away at Regatta Village Cricket season lasts from March to November, and ongoing commentary of the matches fills the local airwaves.

Their ocean going 65 foot sloop is set up exclusively for Surf Charters.

In 1906, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen first successfully completed a passage from Greenland to Alaska in the sloop Gjøa.

The entire fleet consists of 26 owner operator vessels including catamarans, tall ships and a variety of racing and cruising sloops offers a unique sailing experience for the budget, moderate and deluxe traveller.

«If you sail out of Marina del Rey, you've really got no place to go except Catalina, and once you've done that it gets pretty dull,» said Robert VanBenthuysen, who lives in Ventura Harbor aboard his 32 - foot sloop.

All the rest believe in using at least a 40 HP Yamaha for fishing sloops like mine.

Island - hopping adventures await as you splash in shaded grottoes formed by the giant boulders of The Baths, dance barefoot at Bomba's legendary Full Moon Party, savor barbecued lobster on a remote out island or charter a sloop for a spirited day sail to a posh beach resort.

It is also the best sailing sloop in Belize at present — of traditional design — bar none!

Make your own way to Sapphire Beach Resort Marina on St Thomas in the morning and board your spacious, 65 - foot (20m) sloop, a single - mast sail ship with two sails.

Prima is a 47ft Sloop built for Whitsunday Charters, lovingly presented and maintained.

Sailboats: Take a leisurely cruise in one of our sloops.

The reef is at 30 feet and sloops to about 50 feet.

Bay Lady: A Friendship Sloop — The Bay Lady is a 31 - foot Maine built Newman / Lanning fiberglass Friendship Sloop, and the longest continuously operating sailing excursion in Boothbay Harbor.