On looking at our binnacle, they pointed to the north-west rhumb, and made us easily understand that it was the course they always steered on their return to Macassar. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1] Reference
In this rhumb the horizon is bounded by El – Harrah, the volcanic region whose black porous lavas and honey-combed basalts, often charged with white zeolite, are still brought down even to the coast to serve as mortars and handmills. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Mercator also produced the first globe to have rhumb lines (1541), based on his observation that a ship sailing towards the same point of the compass would follow a curve called a loxodrome (also called a rhumb line or spherical helix). From Wordnik.com. [Mercator, Gerardus] Reference
This last information is obtained independently from what is called the NV90 programme of the computer which is able automatically to calculate the rhumb line track and distance between each of the respective waypoints once the co-ordinates have been fed into it. From Wordnik.com. [Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81] Reference
"The rhumb course to the Channel," groaned Elisha, wildly. From Wordnik.com. ["Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea] Reference
"If it's uncertain, I'll pretty much sail the rhumb line.". From Wordnik.com. [Freep.com - RSS] Reference
"The rhumb line is waiting there too" is a line from St. Peter's Day Festival. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Fake DIY] Reference
What is it about the concept of the rhumb line that inspired you to make it the album title?. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Fake DIY] Reference
They have averaged 15.5 knots along the rhumb line with a top speed of over 26 knots in ocean swell!. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
Many boats are closely bunched, sailing toward a meander running approximately parallel to the rhumb line. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
A tactical error was that we sailed 15 degrees south of the rhumb line, which took us into a gale which the more northerly boats skirted. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
After the gape of the Ancobra River the foreshore gradually bends for a few miles from a west-east to a north-south rhumb, and forms a bay within. From Wordnik.com. [To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative] Reference
'Courageous's move was risky but they wound up on the rhumb line and ahead to win,' said Jeff Johnstone (Newport, R.I.), who was skippering for Carol. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
The bush-path began by wheeling westward, as though we were returning to Anenge-nenge; thence it struck south-eastwards, a rhumb from which it rarely deviated. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
Leading yachting meteorologist Roger Badham said the best long-term strategy for the big boats in pursuit of more breeze was to try and get west of the rhumb line. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
He's expecting more of a "medium" wind speed, between 8 and 18 m.p.h. In that case, he'll probably sail the rhumb line, protecting one side or the other from his competition. From Wordnik.com. [Freep.com - RSS] Reference
Hornblower's mind, if it was thinking about anything at all at that moment, was thinking about rhumb lines; this question took him as much aback as the situation it envisaged. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
'Spirit of Australia and ourselves are obviously employing similar tactics of putting in long making tacks and short losing tacks to keep ourselves somewhere close to the rhumb line. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
The Nánwá must rise near the trial-shaft, which we are about to visit, and it snakes through the property in all directions with a general rhumb from west-north-west to east-south-east. From Wordnik.com. [To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative] Reference
After a march of an hour and three quarters, 'covering five indirect and three direct miles in a south-eastern rhumb, we reached Banza Nkaye, the royal village, where the sympiesometer showed 1430 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
Thence he went leisurely up stream to the Bumina Rapids, and found the easterly rhumb of the river bending to the N.E. and the N.N.E.; its channel did not exceed 50 yards in width, and precipitous rock-walls rose on either hand. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
In this rhumb the horizon is bounded by El-Harrah, the volcanic region whose black porous lavas and honey-combed basalts, often charged with white zeolite, are still brought down even to the coast to serve as mortars and handmills. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
To a certain extent racing the Shed in moderate to heavy breeze is relatively simple, the optimum route seems more obvious and it is a question mostly of following the rhumb line with as much sail as you can handle, and not too many high risk variations. From Wordnik.com. [YBW News] Reference
Meanwhile his distant rival JOURDAIN has been pushing hard still in the best of the trade winds making over 16 knots for much of the time, but making no real impression on the 497 miles lead of Foncia which is now converging back towards the rhumb-line, making a NE'ly track. From Wordnik.com. [ISAF News] Reference
The twosome's diverging courses see DAVIES still making the gains at the moment as her track keeps her closer to the rhumb line, while the long detour of GUILLEMOT around the Azores High pressure system - he is more than 800 miles from its centre this morning - sees him sailing consistently 25 degrees lower and at least 1.5 knots quicker in the NE'ly trades conditions. From Wordnik.com. [ISAF News] Reference
After a march of an hour and three quarters, ‘covering five indirect and three direct miles in a south-eastern rhumb, we reached Banza Nkaye, the royal village, where the sympiesometer showed 1430 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
"They began by asking me to define a rhumb line …. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
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