Sentences with phrase «old sailing ships»

The turbines are the land - bound equivalents of the old sailing ships, graceful, quiet, impressive in their power.

The others creaked and rocked and shuddered like old sailing ships.

Sauerkraut was once made in quantity and stored in large wooden barrels on those tall old sailing ships in the 18th century.

Here and there under the white water of the reefs, the timbers and decayed iron of old sailing ships lie in common graves with the steel and brightwork of steam packets that foundered only yesterday.

Not exact matches

Before Chichester set out on his own around - the - world voyage in Gipsy Moth IV he read everything he could find in the way of first - person accounts of sailing the old clipper - ship route from Britain to Australia, and he has assembled the extracts in a stage - by - stage narrative with his own comments holding it together.

It depicts a nautical scene, including an old - school sailing ship and a water vista, as homage to his native Vancouver.

So we didn't even try till he was several months old... of course, by then that ship had sailed.

When fleets of ships carrying warriors from all over Greece set off to do battle with the great fortress city of Troy, perhaps some of them sailed from Pavlopetri, the oldest known submerged town.

The general concept of sail - bearing spacecraft — akin to the clipper ships of old, hurled across the seas by wind — is not new.

I'm an old sailor and I came across your chest with the sailing ship on it.

The floating Maritime Museum of San Diego offers a fascinating look at historic ships from around the world, including the oldest active sailing ship, the Star of India.

From the beginning, North Sailing has been dedicated to preserving old oak ships.

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.

while watching the trailer and hearing the music, I unexpectedly and suddenly realized that my apparently very old soul was traveling way back in time, seeing an image of my Arawak Great Great Grand Mother, standing there on the shores of Jamaica watching the tall ships coming her way, «gazed with wonder at the strange ships whose great and white square sails resembled the wings of some enormous bird»

To me existing «OutOfManyOnePeople» which is also the national motto of Jamaica (3) while watching the trailer and hearing the music, I unexpectedly and suddenly realized that my apparently very old soul was traveling way back in time, seeing an image of my Arawak Great Great Grand Mother, standing there on the shores of Jamaica watching the tall ships coming her way, «gazed with wonder at the strange ships whose great and white square sails resembled the wings of some enormous bird» (3).

Having sailed into Elsewhere's port aboard a cruise ship populated by mostly elderly passengers, 15 - year - old head - trauma victim Liz Hall does not go gently into Elsewhere's endless summer.

Little Pig Saves the Ship by David Hyde Costello The littlest piggy doesn't get to join his older siblings on their sailing voyage, but his own day spent wading in a stream is full of humor and adventures.

You can even take some of the exhibits out for a spin, ranging from a 45 - minute ride around the harbor on the 1914 Pilot boat (the oldest working boat of its kind on the West Coast) to a military - themed tour in a Vietnam - era Swift Boat or a four - hour ride on the San Salvador, a replica of the ship that explorer Juan Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay in 1542.

It was built in 1674, when Bangkok was still a transit port for ships sailing up the Chao Phraya River to the old capital in Ayutthaya.

The five - masted ship, carrying 42 sails, offers the chance to experience the wonderful excitement of a true sailing ship without the hazards and uncertainty of the old days of sail.

The Star Of India is the World's Oldest active iron clad sailing ship, sailing since Abraham Lincoln was President.

From the beginning, North Sailing has been dedicated to preserving old oak ships.

Discover the elegance and old - world charm of the full Croatian Coastline on this unique small ship sailing on board the deluxe MV Black Swan

The oldest Anglican Cathedral Church in Central America, St. John's Cathedral, was built in 1812 from bricks brought as ballast from European sailing ships.

You can approach a ship head - on to ravage its sails or ram it, get up close and personal with destructive round shot, use puckle guns to sink smaller vessels or just go for good, old - fashioned broadsides.

Your sailing ship, the Aquila, is a bit like the part of a sci - fi game where you get a spaceship, as Bioware has tried to do with their Old Republic games.

Gravestones, cobwebs, fog, flames, old haunted sail - ships... what wasn't to love?

In 1982, in my first journalism job, for Offshore Magazine, I got to interview Stinson Davis, a 100 - year - old man in Five Islands, Maine, who was the last living captain of a ship powered entirely by sail.

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.

Fair Transport's founders Andreas Lackner, Arjen van der Veen, and Jorne Langelaan have for three years been sailing an old brig, the Tres Hombres, to demonstrate that sustainable wind - powered shipping is possible.

From the beginning, North Sailing has been dedicated to preserving old oak ships.

This nautical wall covering, which features line drawings of sailing ships (done by an 8 - year - old, no less!)