The 'surfboat' was about a quarter of a mile offshore 125 miles north of Sydney when the crew, most of who have been volunteer surf lifesavers for just a few months, encountered the shark. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
It was a terrible storm: but one surfboat got out to her. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
And guess what, we saw a surfboat from Queensland in the main street…. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Temper] Reference
We tried to launch the surfboat, but the boat was never built that could live on that sea. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
Our surfboat was overturned with thirteen aboard: 'leven of us was picked up by the other boat. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
The surfboat was, after some maneuvering, gotten in such a position under the lee of the steamer that a rope could be thrown aboard. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
A keeper in the Orphan Asylum and five men in a surfboat did splendid work in saving seventy-five inmates of the asylum from drowning. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
Tom, the poor fellow with the broken leg, was bearing up bravely, and only bemoaned the fact that, if there should be any necessity for the launching of the surfboat he could not do his duty. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
He was still filled with the deepest admiration for these men of the coast, and his determination to follow their arduous calling when he grew big enough to take an oar in the surfboat was undiminished. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
There was a simultaneous movement on the part of the entire crew, and as the sturdy men put their shoulders to the task the surfboat shot forward just at the proper instant when a wave expended itself upon the sloping beach. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
All that time those devoted men must be on the watch, ready to man their surfboat again and take their lives in hand, should another vessel strike the dangerous reefs that were marked upon the chart as the worst within a hundred miles of Hatteras. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
So he tried to forget about it, and make up his mind that he could find plenty of congenial work looking after his traps and assisting Abner's wife during the winter, with occasional trips across the sound, and possibly a chance to pull an oar in the surfboat, should luck favor him. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
The crew won the open surfboat event at the Australian championships in Perth. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Duyne's original scale model of the first fiberglass surfboat mold, carved from wood. From Wordnik.com. [New Jersey Real-Time News] Reference
Sometimes, smaller surf can make for more excitement in the festival's showpiece, the surfboat race. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories] Reference
Dr Cooper said the idea for the surfboat race came when he was sharing a drink with Mr Walton at Sydney's Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel in 2005. From Wordnik.com. [The Australian | News |] Reference
The club's patrol captain and senior surfboat captain, Chris Fabri, reiterated the issues with tourists and unfamiliar swimming conditions. From Wordnik.com. [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference
The surfboat race is the brainchild of two Sydney surf club mates - Paul Cooper, a master at The Scots College, and 30-year army veteran Mark Walton. From Wordnik.com. [The Australian | News |] Reference
Not only was he ready to lead a crew of rescuers to succor the perishing, fearlessly directing the surfboat in its plunge through a seething tide, but many. From Wordnik.com. [Flood Tide] Reference
Greg Ross was steering the surfboat 125 miles north of Sydney in Hawks Nest with four crew members as the Great White sunk his 2inch-long teeth into the oar. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Now he is one of the last surfboat makers, almost a century removed from his grandfather. jerseyopine August 25, 2010 at 5: 37PM stories with the most comments in the last 7 days. From Wordnik.com. [New Jersey Real-Time News] Reference
Each surfboat will contain returned servicemen and their representatives from Australia and New Zealand who will land on the beach to shake hands with representatives of Turkish returned servicemen. From Wordnik.com. [NZ On Screen] Reference
They got famous names, some of them surfboat crews, "reflectively. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
We tweak it a bit here and there, but it's your basic surfboat from the mid-1800s. ". From Wordnik.com. [New Jersey Real-Time News] Reference
Narrow escape of the latter -- East London -- Experiences in a surfboat -- A. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
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