Young sailor's assistant in practical seamanship including the rules of the road; directions for resuscitating the apparently drowned, etc., etc., together with the salutes ... naval signal flags, Very's lights, and the international code of signals (1893)
Taunt, Emory H · Washington · leaf 155
OARS ! which is given while the oars are in the water, the stroke isfinished, and the blades of the oars are feathered and raisedtogether as high as the gunwale, where they are firmly heldand trimmed (or leveled) on the stroke oars. On noaccount are the oars to be allowed to touch the water, or… … YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. I29 which is given while the oars are in the water; the strokeis completed, and the oars are thrown up and dawn together,blades fore-and-aft. Each oar is held square to the frontcf the man holding it, on line with the centre of the body To trail, the command is given,…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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