Small-boat sailing; an explanation of the management of small yachts, half-decked and open sailing-boats of various rigs; sailing on sea and on river; cruising, etc (1902)
Knight, Edward Frederick, 1852- [from old catalog] · New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 229
e Meteorological Office would,if applied to, telegraph a weather-forecast for the 212 THE ART OF COASTING sum of one shilling. So I availed myself of this veryuseful arrangement. I telegraphed in the afternoon,What weather Harwich to Rotterdam to-morrow?in an hours time I received the following… … -TB5- In the Sound. the stormy-looking sky and the warnings of wise-acres on shore, I weighed my anchor confidently atdaybreak, crossed the North Sea, and found thatthe predictions of the weather prophet were entirelycorrect. On the second occasion I was crossing the Cattegaton my way to the Sound…
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