Then, over the past two years, they've sunk a dozen emptied migrant boats they deemed "unseaworthy" - setting them ablaze and firing on them with their .50-caliber guns. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
There it was decided that the Speedwell was unseaworthy. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
The boats are often unseaworthy and are usually overcrowded. From Wordnik.com. [William Gray Press Briefing On Haiti Policy] Reference
Speaking on unseaworthy vessels in South African waters, Capt. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Age and poor maintenance had rendered them virtually unseaworthy. From Wordnik.com. [Nuke Zone]
The Geier entered Honolulu on Oct. 15 in an unseaworthy condition. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Their ships of war were few in number, unseaworthy, ill-found, ill-manned. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
There is some evidence that people are taking to sea in unseaworthy boats. From Wordnik.com. [Dee Dee Myers Press Briefing] Reference
In these, overloaded, unseaworthy, they battled down the long chain of lakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Shrinkage of the Planet] Reference
Michigan -- which had been used on lake Erie, and had been pronounced unseaworthy. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Although the Chrysolite carried five boats, no less than four of them were unseaworthy. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: the Sea] Reference
O'BRIEN: In -- really in very unseaworthy vessels, which ultimately were very dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2002] Reference
They tried to leave their country, Asians, they were, in the most incredibly unseaworthy craft. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Pern, First Fall]
She wasn't at all rotten and unseaworthy, as they had told me, but nice and white and dry inside. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
One is of a ship owner who makes a fortune by transporting emigrants in old and unseaworthy ships. From Wordnik.com. [Atheism and Agnosticism] Reference
They tried to leave their country -- Asians, they were -- in the most incredibly unseaworthy craft. From Wordnik.com. [First Fall]
The zodiacs are often unseaworthy, overcrowded and speeding to evade coast guards, many overturn or sink. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2001] Reference
Sweden did not have a problem with unseaworthy ships because it enforced its laws vigorously and that reputation kept. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
She nearly foundered on her last voyage; her passengers unanimously signed a protest against her unseaworthy condition. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
The cargo owners also claimed that the Treasure vessel was allowed to sail from the loading port in "an unseaworthy condition.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
On a recent voyage to Boston she was strained to such an extent as to be made unseaworthy, and for that reason is to be broken up. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
On these flats old unseaworthy vessels were drawn up and did duty side by side with rough board buildings as dwellings and stores. From Wordnik.com. [History of California] Reference
MS. MYERS: Well, I think certainly we've been doing what we can to discourage people from taking to the seas in unseaworthy boats. From Wordnik.com. [Dee Dee Myers Press Briefing] Reference
Not only was their craft unseaworthy and its equipment non-existent, but they also failed to notify anyone of their madcap scheme. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-05] Reference
She knew now that while it was in her power to prevent it she could never allow her men to put to sea in the unseaworthy whaleboat. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
That word "harbour" comes to mean a good deal to the houseboater who attempts to make a cruiser of his unseaworthy, lubberly craft. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
Elizabeth was still steering the only vessel available to her—one later revealed to be terribly unseaworthy—with all her might. From Wordnik.com. [Big Girls Don’t Cry] Reference
It consists of a dozen or so filthy fishing boats, most of which are so unseaworthy they dare only fish the shallows of the estuary. '. From Wordnik.com. [Elric of Melnibone]
Shame on Fidel Castro, whose 41-year-old dictatorship sent Elian's mother on a dangerous freedom flight across ocean waters on an unseaworthy little boat. From Wordnik.com. [Science's Awesome Frontier] Reference
They found a ship master, engaged in the slave trade, who was only too glad to help them by declaring the clerico's vessel unseaworthy; and he was not allowed to use it. From Wordnik.com. [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference
As early as 1985 when it was in service in Fiji, it was classed as unseaworthy. From Wordnik.com. [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference
The sunken ferry Princess Ashika was known to be unseaworthy by the Tongan government, leaked reports claim. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories]
A charge of sending an unseaworthy ship to sea had also been laid against ferry operator Shipping Corp of Polynesia. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
In 1704, after refusing to sail further in a ship he considered unseaworthy, Selkirk was abandoned on a small Pacific Island. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
The ageing ferry built in the early 1970s was unsuitable for open seas and was clearly unseaworthy and unsafe condition, the report said. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
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