Starboard and port: the "Nettie" along shore (1876)
Hepworth, George H. (George Hughes), 1833-1902 · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 54
lowly heel over to the star-board, and continue to roll until she actually put herrail under water, then straighten herself up, only to re-verse the motion, and put her larboard rail under. Theaccompanying diagram sufficiently accounts for any un-pleasantness which may have arisen among the… … then, shall be given to one who experiences the sensa-tions which in their fullness it so feebly suggests. Thehuge mainsail was so ungovernable that we concludedto take it in altogether. At two in the morning allhands were called, and in about half an hour the can-vas was snugly stowed, and the…
