Sentences with phrase «about sailing ships»

We visited him in his south London studio, where we chatted to the artist about sailing ships, road signs and new music.

Not exact matches

«If you think the ship is about to sail, this is the time to get on,» said Aaron Kohli, interest rates strategist at BMO Capital Markets.

During his book tour, Bell responded to a direct question about his view of gay marriage by stating that «I think the ship has sailed and we need to affirm people wherever they are».

About 350 years ago, Cape Town began as the halfway provisioning stop for ships sailing between Europe and Asia.

For me it is not just about buying players -(that ship has sailed); it is getting the balance of the team right and right now we have got it horribly wrong.

My already greatly intuitive baby in my belly kicked me at that point and I was reminded that not only had that ship already sailed, but that I already loved this gig so much that I would worry about that part later.

Such a voyage is a straight shot westward and would take about 3 weeks of daytime sailing at typical Viking ship speeds (which, for the uninformed, is about 11 kilometers per hour).

At one point, the ship hit 9 knots, or about 10 miles an hour, with most of its sails furled.

During the course of the day, people will be divided into teams so that they can learn all about basic crewing skills such as navigation, as well as learning how to attend the sails and helmsman ship.

About me... Am David Rowland from Sanford, NC.I am 39 years old and a widowed, Marine Engineer, supervising some technical problems in any ship that sails on the high sea.

However, We do get a much wider scope of the type of action that will be found in this movie, what with the cannon - balled pirate ship sails and Tintin zooming around on his motorcyle, about to fly out of the poster.

Rocket Slime 3 is set largely at sea and players will contend with hostile pirate ships as they sail about.

There is some mystery about why the regular cook, Guigliani (Garcia), is missing on the voyage, but he makes a space for Dale to be hired, and when the ship sails, there is nothing much to be done but get the ore to the other end.

There's something rather lumpy and shapeless about Billy Ray's screenplay in its early stages, but the film becomes a much more engaging proposition as soon as the giant freighter ship Maersk Alabama sets sail for Mombasa.

It started as a way of thinking about controlling the waters of the Nile, building the Pyramids, sailing a ship.

They're about the swashbuckling adventures on sailing ships in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

About the author Lindbergh, who had formerly published poetry, travel and cultural pieces in various journals, was inspired to write The Thrall's Tale after seeing full - scale modern replicas of the ships that had sailed in Lief Eiriksson's wake on the journeys he took from Norway to Iceland, Greenland and Canada and then down the North American coast (see map in sidebar).

With the smell of cooking from the galley, you may find them about on the weather decks reefing the sails or lashing down the ship's boats, or listen to the captain play on his fipple flute with the accompaniment of the cello and violin.

Carolyn Spencer Brown, Editor - in - Chief of Cruise Critic, talks about some of the new luxury yacht products and innovations in cruising, and the cruise lines» focus on making sure that the passenger experience is an exciting one — regardless of what ship you are on or where you're sailing.

When he sailed past Fraser Island his ships log states that he was 2 leagues, (about 11 kilometres), off the land and at that distance his lookout would have been unable to spot the narrow channel at the southern end of Fraser Island which separates it from the mainland.

Along with this, each Cruise Director on every ship is a mine of information about the river you'll be sailing.

After sailing through the busy port and getting my closest look yet at the huge container ships that dock outside of Singapore, underdeveloped St John's Island felt a world away from the... Read more about St John's Island.

The next time you go to a big resort or sail on a large cruise ship, you might be initially interested to hear about all the signature restaurants: Italian, French,... Read More...

The two ships, the 200 - ton Los Reyes (the Capitana or flagship) and the 140 - ton Todos Santos (the Almiranta or secondary ship) sailed from Callao, in Peru on 20 November 1567, with about 150 sailors, soldiers, priests and slaves on board.

All the boats I've been on so far have been small sail boats, except for my cruise to Antarctica, whose ship probably had about 150 people on board (travellers and crew).

And the cruise director on your ship will also offer up a wealth of information during the daily briefings where passengers learn about the destination they're sailing to.

«It is deeply concerning that Thomson allowed new holidaymakers to board the ship, at five different stages throughout the cruise, when passengers already aboard the liner were ill and without informing new passengers about the outbreak and giving them the option not to sail.

Alan Villiers, a modern - day expert in traditional sailing ships, wrote many books about traditional sailing, including By way of Cape Horn.

Try cruising and having fun aboard the Island Explorer «Fun Ship ``, relaxing for the sail about our Island Explorer yacht or speeding your way across by the «Lembongan Flyer», you'll experience the best of adventure and fun Bali has to offer.

Zach Honig, editor in chief at The Points Guy, signed up for the American Express Green Card and realized about a month after the spending deadline had passed that the sign - up bonus ship had sailed.

-- Think about what trip you are using these miles for — for people accustomed to using US Airways miles easily on Star Alliance carriers, that ship has sailed a bit.

Relentlessly attack shipping of the English, French, or Dutch, keep watch for a «New Warship» Ship of The Line sailing about

Like the rest of the game Ubisoft have chosen not to tinker with the formula too much, and while that's a little disappointing there's still a whole lot of joy to be gotten from just sailing around, fighting other ships and visiting the many little settlements and forts scattered about.

It's an exciting moment in a game all about pirates, a moment filled with the prospect of sailing your own ship, sea - based combat, raiding towns, and it's all let down by the fact that actually having your own ship means absolutely jack - squiddly, which is random speak for absolutely nothing.

Ever since I was a kid, I've loved the prospect of playing a video game about commanding a ship and sailing the seas.

About an hour in Edward will have access to a ship called the Jackdaw and is allowed to sail all over the map, visiting island towns to complete main mission objectives or partake in a dearth of side activities.

2011 Spann, Maria, My space: Yinka Shonibare, artist, tells us how and where he works, The Times, 10 December Singh, Anita, Museum campaign to buy Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, The Telegraph, 1 December Kennedy, Maev, Message in a big bottle - appeal to save fourth plinth HMS Victory, The Guardian, 30 November Jury, Louise, Setting Sail Again, London Evening Standard, 30 November Shaw, Anny, Flags of Freedom, The Art Newspaper Art Basel Daily Edition, 14 June, p. 10 Wallis, William, Anger as black artist's pieces held, The Financial Times, 28 May, p. 6 Olurin, Titilayo, A Revolution in the Studio, next, 1 May Alakam, Japhet, Art - inculating Yinka Shonibare's Hope in Hopelessness, Vanguard, 1 May Greenstreet, Rosanna, Q&A: Yinka Shonibare, The Guardian, 30 April Coxhead, Gabriel, Exhibition of the Week, Time Out, 7 - 3 April, p. 52 Shaw, Anny, Yinka Shonibare Fires all Cannons in Madrid, The Art Newspaper, 15 March Wullschlager, Jackie, I Know Something About Love, Financial Times, 12 March Adamson, Glen, Issues / Commentary: Tsunami Africa, Art in America, March, pp. 67 - 72 Jarque, Fietta, Como Artista, Tienes que ser el Mejor Menitroso, El Pais, 5 February, pp.17 - 18 Alvarado, Esther, Un ano de exposiciones, Madrid Press, February.

2011 Spann, Maria, My space: Yinka Shonibare, artist, tells us how and where he works, The Times, 10 December 2011 Singh, Anita, Museum campaign to buy Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, The Telegraph, 1 December 2011 Kennedy, Maev, Message in a big bottle — appeal to save fourth plinth HMS Victory, The Guardian, 30 November 2011 Jury, Louise, Setting Sail Again, London Evening Standard, 30 November 2011 Shaw, Anny, Flags of Freedom, The Art Newspaper Art Basel Daily Edition, 14 June, p. 10 2011 Wallis, William, Anger as black artist's pieces held, The Financial Times, 28 May, p. 6 2011 Olurin, Titilayo, A Revolution in the Studio, next, 1 May 2011 Alakam, Japhet, Art - inculating Yinka Shonibare's Hope in Hopelessness, Vanguard, 1 May 2011 Greenstreet, Rosanna, Q&A: Yinka Shonibare, The Guardian, 30 April 2011 Coxhead, Gabriel, Exhibition of the Week, Time Out, 7 — 3 April, p. 52 2011 Shaw, Anny, Yinka Shonibare Fires all Cannons in Madrid, The Art Newspaper, 15 March 2011 Wullschlager, Jackie, I Know Something About Love, Financial Times, 12 March 2011 Adamson, Glen, Issues / Commentary: Tsunami Africa, Art in America, March, pp. 67 - 72 2011 Jarque, Fietta, Como Artista, Tienes que ser el Mejor Menitroso, El Pais, 5 February, pp.17 - 18 2011 Alvarado, Esther, Un ano de exposiciones, Madrid Press, February.

Last year I wrote about its novel use of sails on some ships to cut fuel use.

Over the past millennium this graph, most of which is obtained from Antarctic ice cores, shows CO2 holding steady at 280 ± 5 ppm up to 1800, when global population was about a billion people and sailing ships and the horse - and - buggy were the most advanced forms of transportation, consuming relatively little energy per capita compared with today.

Most recently she returned from an adventure in Antarctica, a 5 - month long voyage aboard the ocean - going sailing ship SEDNA IV after shooting a three - part Canada - France co-production about the impact of climate changeon the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica.

Simply reducing the number of readings used from modern measurements does not tell you anything about how accurate temperature readings were on the deck of a rolling, wooden sailing ship or how they can be compared to today's reading.

In each convoy about 80 % of all participating ships (20 to 50) sailed in the wake of one or up to 8 other ships.

The first shipment planned for Dublin currently amounts to about 60,000 bottles, and each bottle carries a label with a stylized ship logo and the slogan, «Carried by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet»

We may soon forget about Three Ways To Piss Off The French, as this French export - by - sail venture makes it easy to race past the hybrid - vehicle ruminations, to some low - carbon French wines shipped on a 111 - year old sailing vessel.

Container ships move more goods with less human - effort per unit shipped and with much more regular schedules than did ships prior to containerization and during the age of sail, but in terms of sailing speed alone, we're not moving things about markedly faster than we used to.

Rocket Slime 3 is set largely at sea and players will contend with hostile pirate ships as they sail about.