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 299
Kosheh, which was at thattime the southern terminus of the military railway.Permission was given to us to take passage on theGovernment sailing-boats, of which many wereemployed in transporting supplies from Kosheh to 282 CRUISES ON LATEEN-RIGGED CRAFT the southern garrisons. On September 30th a… … m Gayassa below Half a. correspondent of another paper. She was fifty feetin length and fourteen in breadth, and carried twolarge lateen sails. Her reis and his crew of twolazy Berberis were from the north, and knew but littleof this portion of the river ; but happily we had withus one of my…
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