He said, "The essential of seamanship is anticipation.". From Wordnik.com. [Experience on an Atlantic Convoy] Reference
The first is called seamanship; the second might be called shipmanship, but is, I believe, called navigation. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiographical Sketches] Reference
The "seamanship" is another thing, and that the master of the ship is responsible for. From Wordnik.com. [Life of John Coleridge Patteson]
In addition to teamwork, traditional skills such as seamanship, sailing, boat-building and rowing are taught. From Wordnik.com. [SIMCOE - Home] Reference
The escape from this grave predicament was an exploit of seamanship which is among the treasured memories of the service. From Wordnik.com. [The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17] Reference
As a member you can take advantage of more advanced courses such as seamanship, sailing, piloting, cruise planning, weather and much more. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference
I feel stronger in my piracy than in my seamanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison] Reference
"Your seamanship wasn't bad, Perce," was Jim's judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
It is no time to teach sailors seamanship in a hurricane. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Bridget says there's also hidden proof of the artist's seamanship. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Boudin: The Man Who Inspired Monet] Reference
The ground swell of the shallow sea tested the seamanship of the young. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
Barbarossa's ambition or nobility, possessed much of his daring and seamanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Captains trained in this new school of seamanship were sent into the southern seas. From Wordnik.com. [Introductory American History] Reference
"You should have paid more attention to your course in practical seamanship," he chided. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
And as he does so, the impressive returns on good seamanship will gradually become apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Election Mattered] Reference
"Oh, Polly has had a regular course in seamanship, Captain Boynton, and knows just everything.". From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
He gained such renown for his bravery and seamanship that upon coming home he found himself famous. From Wordnik.com. [History of California] Reference
But so far we've been lucky with the great seamanship and the great cooperation between all vessels. From Wordnik.com. [An Armada Of Vessels Work In Gulf Spill Site] Reference
But the heavy craft was not so obedient, and Campion's attempt to show his seamanship was disastrous. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
They were full of points of seamanship -- expedients for nice emergencies, tacks, knots, and splices. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art.] Reference
That course was reprehensible enough; but it led at least to the cultivation of the art of seamanship. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Barbarossa was willing, but Doria held back: he preferred to show his seamanship instead of his courage. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Through bad seamanship, however, the vessel was run aground at Seacombe, opposite to Liverpool, and Capt. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Whether the Northmen engaged in trade or in warfare, good ships and good seamanship were indispensable to them. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
We drift into many of our connections with men, but the art of seamanship is tested by sailing not by drifting. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
American Navy for seamanship, courage, and generosity was magnificently sustained in the storm-beaten harbor of Apia. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
This splendid feat of seamanship filled the Peloponnesians, who were advancing in disorder, with amazement and terror. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from Thucydides] Reference
Some of them were just as happy-go-lucky in their seamanship, though skilful enough in handling their outlandish craft. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
The instruction ranges from history and geography to practical seamanship, with all the intermediate scientific subjects. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
In addition to these details of 'boardship life, we were also instructed in practical seamanship by one of the boatswain's mates. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
I learned a whole lot beside seamanship during those next few weeks as the schooner Sea Spell coasted Buenos Ayres Province and the vast. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
If they came by boat, they'd have had to navigate the turbulent waters coming off the dam itself, which would require skilled seamanship. From Wordnik.com. [Who Killed the Sea Lions?] Reference
"But we didn't nearly run down a steamer -- she came toward us," insisted Betty, not willing to have her seamanship brought into question. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
Also, he added a few comments about our seamanship, but we were much too grateful to mind -- besides, they really applied to the Bulgarian skipper. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
The 13 survivors, including ship skipper Christopher Sheldon, later took part in a hearing that raised important issues of seamanship and responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [Stormy Weather] Reference
The English trusted to their superior seamanship and to the greater activity of their own light vessels compared with the heavier and more unwieldly Spanish galleons. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
By this wise and humane provision thousands of lives were doubtless saved that would otherwise have been lost -- the victims of reckless seamanship and commercial greed. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
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