Sentences with phrase «in a small boat»

He feels as though he is in a small boat on a mighty river and is about to round a difficult but necessary turn.

Really enjoyed the canal transit and the trips in the smaller boats.

A small pond borders the edge of the cafe, where you can paddle around in small boats.

We are all in a small boat together, and the boat is lying low in the water in rough seas.

In The Best We Could Do, I narrate the story of my family who fled from home in a small boat in the late»70s, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

Glide across tranquil waters in small boats, and dine at a restaurant on the lake's far side before checking into our hotel, featuring panoramic views of the volcano.

Fortunately, volunteers in a small boat appeared, gliding over the drowned yards and flooded cars.

Fortunately, volunteers in a small boat appeared, gliding over the drowned yards and flooded cars.

Hopefully what will happen is, we get together, come up with a plan and a better area to relocate these areas where they can control the intake, and they're not in the small boat harbors,» Underwood replied.

Hopefully what will happen is, we get together, come up with a plan and a better area to relocate these areas where they can control the intake, and they're not in the small boat harbors.»

For a long time I was fascinated by the Dutch Conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader's performance In Search of the Miraculous (1975), an attempted solo crossing of the North Atlantic in a small boat.

At Lennox Head there's access behind the Surf Life Saving Club to Lake Ainsworth, a freshwater tea - tree lake ideal for messing about in small boats and picnicking under the paperbark trees.

If you like solo or linear experiences, Sea of Thieves might not be a good choice for you at full price, because when playing solo or with just one friend, it is a repetitive and frustrating experience because of the griefing involved in the game, and the limitations that sailing in a smaller boat places on you.

«Two women in a small boat tearing up navigation charts,» Himid has explained.

And also about people coming to the rescue, not depending on the government to do it, but getting in small boats and coming to rescue the soldiers that were stranded on the beach.

A team of scientists has helped fill in the blanks via a unique, 13 - year survey made in small boats, ranging in size from 5.5 to 18 meters.

I just know arduous journeys, and it is nice to be reminded that your friends are wanting to be in the small boat with you, even if they can't.

According to Winston Churchill, consistency is like a helmsman in a small boat amid thirty - foot waves; the only way to keep going is to lean hard first to one side, then to the other.

Those who have been on a stormy sea, or even on a stormy lake in a small boat, know that it is a very frightening place to be.

Teams of frogmen in smaller boats approach and assess the migrant vessel.

He wrote: «No one would think of the latent power that forces the Gulf Stream along until they get there in a small boat and hear and feel the cachunk, swash, ripple - ripple, cachunk, cachunk, for hours and sometimes for days.»

Only when the Ice Age ended 12,000 to 13,000 years ago and mammoths and other large prey vanished, archaeologists theorized, did humans systematically take up seashore living — eating shellfish, devising fishing gear, and venturing offshore in small boats.

«In Arctic and Antarctic conditions we prefer to recover the Puma directly onto the deck of the ship rather than putting people over the side of the ship in a small boat to recover the Puma from the water.»

The film, which takes place on a remote Australian island shortly after the end of World War One, follows the couple's discovery of a newborn baby that has washed up on shore in a small boat.

It features three generations of males in a small boat who climb a ladder to sweep some of the glowing rocks off the moon.

Sep 16, 2016 — The Honda Marine all - new BF4, BF5 and BF6 portable outboard engine models provide a complete performance package for the most comfortable journeys in small boats and dinghies.

By the time he washed ashore on one of the atolls in the Marshall Islands on January 29, 2014, Alvarenga had survived longer at sea in a small boat than anyone previously recorded.

But this one isn't in the drawing room of a country mansion; it's in a small boat drifting against a London dock.

In Borneo, there's an impressive eco-tourism industry where you can climb Mt. Kinabalu, view pygmy elephants in the wild, and watch the human - like proboscis monkeys swinging from vines in the jungle as you head down the river in a small boat.

Flood waters gradually engulfed the facility, until Dr. Wilkerson, the other five staff members and three dogs were forced to evacuate in a small boat.

Only trained and licensed tour operators are allowed to take people in small boats, boats over 33 feet are not permitted to enter the area and only 2 people plus a guide are allowed in the water at a time (per boat).

Later, explore the canals of Tortuguero National Park in small boats, on the lookout for howler, spider and capuchin monkeys, and caiman, as well as ibis, tiger herons, curassow, and other bird species.

The other method of lobster fishing entails divers going out daily close to Ambergris Caye in small boats, or out in 25 to 28 ft boats for a week or so at a time to the offshore reefs.

Here we were, out in a small boat in the Amazon, looking for alligators, and feeling far, far away from home.

You will need to book your accommodation well before you go and you will be picked up from the airstrip in a small boat

We set off from Puerto Escondido's Playa Principal, a cool breeze causing gentle waves as we passed fishermen in small boats hauling in their catches.

* Coconut tree - Cocos nucifera * Spider Lily - Hymenocallis littorallis * Seaside Purslane - Sesuvium portulacastrum Euphorbia sp. * Red mangrove - Rhizophora mangle * Morning Glory - Ipomoea sp. * Black mangrove - Avicennia germinans Tourists with local guides from Placencia Area (members of the Placencia Tour Guide Association) are carried in small boats (30 foot or less) with outboard motors, or slightly larger boats (40 foot or less) with inboard engines.

Locals still head out to sea every morning in small boats to bring in the daily catch, and visitors can meander along the village's 4,000 - foot long «main street» that is a pedestrian - only sidewalk adorned with colorful murals and artwork.

Journals of one monk, Hwui Shan, claimed that the group left China in a small boat and sailed the North American coast from the Aleutian Islands to Mexico.

The work involved following the orcas in small boats and gathering killer whale excrement, regurgitations, fish scales and other tissue with a fine mesh net.

Crossing the Volga at Stalingrad in a small boat while Stukas roared overhead and a propaganda officer screamed threats and orders at me has got to be one of my top ten favorite gaming moments.

The first area shows 3 screens, each with one person (of which one is Mohau Modisakeng himself) floating in a small boat.

One day in 2005, two foundation members in a small boat followed a barge carrying «Floating Island» — a sculpture conceived by Robert Smithson — their own vessel equipped with an orange structure like one of «The Gates,» the Christo and Jeanne - Claude work that had recently graced Central Park.

Trying to lighten the mood, I confess that her film of crossing the English Channel in a small boat actually made me feel sick, and she laughs.

It was an almost 90 - minute ride in a small boat to reach Ngamba, and after all that time, you have covered only the smallest fraction of Lake Victoria, the world's second largest lake.

Cross the Atlantic in a small boat, climb uneven stone steps, and look back towards the coastline of Ireland... this is one of the best ways to spend a day in Ireland (whether or not you are a Star Wars fan).

They were the best summers of my learning life, spent in Cornwallis, N.S., Halifax and Hamilton, with postings to three frigates (four - inch guns, 40 mm Bofors and depth charges — yahoo!) and lots of mucking about in small boats — gate vessels, YMTs and YFPs, and whalers (not the Boston kind, the original Herman Melville!)

On Friday I went on a snorkeling trip with a fishermen cooperative and paid 280 pesos (about $ 23 CAD) for a 3 - hour trip in a small boat.