Resolving to careen and victual at the islands on the other side of the gulf, they left two canoes at the mouth of the river to give notice when the vessel should venture forth.
They then hastened to the quays, or small sandy islands off Cuba, to careen their vessels and to salt turtle.
They now agreed in council to bear up for Golfo Dolce, there to careen their vessels, and then to cruise about under the equinoctial.
This wreck having left the Bird Island a storehouse of masts and spars, the Buccaneer vessels had begun to repair thither to careen and refit.
The vessels first dispersed into coves and creeks to careen and salt turtle, and then reunited at the Water key.
Davis sailed from Guayaquil to careen at the Galapagos islands, which were in the South Pacific what Tortuga was in the North, the harbour and sanctuary of the Buccaneers.
Sharp now determined to careen at the island of Gorgona, and then to proceed to Guayaquil, where Captain Juan, the captain of the Tavoga money ship, assured them they might throw away their silver and lade with gold.
They proceeded at once to careen their ships at the Pearl islands in the bay of Panama.
This disaster drove Swan from the coast to careen at Cape St. Lucas, the south point of California--in revenge for his loss leaving his pilot and prisoners on an uninhabited island.
The crews then proceeded to careen their ships, but on examining the Saint Miguel, commanded by Nicholas Coelho, she was found to be so severely damaged, many of her ribs and knees being broken, that she could not be repaired.
It was necessary, however, before she could attempt to cross the wide expanse of the Indian Ocean, and to encounter the storms off Cape Horn and in the Atlantic, which might be expected, to careen and thoroughly repair her.
In order to careen their ships, and lay in wait for their prey, they steered for the Pearl Islands.
In horror they beheld the crazy column careen about, obeying its master, the capricious wind, and following any stray current; around and around the spiral, grinding mass of water veered and circled aimlessly.
The canoe was being swept backward, stern first, and the crocodile swam close, nosing it, making it careen perilously.
The reason of this was, that they always kept their ships extremely clean, having ports to careen at of which we knew not.
Here they careen their vessels, and in the meanwhile some of them go to hunt, others to cruise upon the seas in canoes, seeking their fortune.
If the Flota sailed from Spain in July it generally arrived at Vera Cruz in the first fifteen days of September, and the ships were at once laid up until March, when the crews reassembled to careen and refit them.
The captain conferred with his officers a moment, then called: "We are going in to careen ourselves.
Why, the other day as soon as we began to careen over a bit, the doctor had to take you below.
Not so, however, in the harbor, where, on the next day, he sought shelter and an opportunity to careen a leaky ship.
He coasted the shore of this island for some distance before he could find a harbor to careen his ships and replenish his water casks.
We shall have the land to keep off the prevailing wind, and therefore shall be able to careen the brigantine without fear of any gale which may arise.
When we have your report, we can arrange to careen the ship, but not before.
I heard a noise in the water as if there was a big fish, but who ever heard of whales or sharks in the river, and it must have been something as big as that to cause us to careen so.
It must have been past midnight when Jerry, who was sleeping forward, was awakened by feeling the boat careen to one side.
Jerry knew the river did not boast of sufficiently large finny specimens to careen a boat the size of the Dartaway.
Grammont, during this time, had been left behind on the Aves Islands, to collect all that was valuable from the wreck, and to careen the surviving vessels.
To this they returned a threatening answer, and, putting thirty prisoners ashore, proceeded to careen their ships, the Spaniards lighting fires along the coast as they departed.
The 3d July I hove my ship down on the careen to sheath her.
Encouraged to address him by his breaking the silence, I said, "Mynheer Vanderdecken, may I ask if it is your intention to careen to-night?
You do not suppose that, with yonder pump going day and night, I should be willing to head for any other point of the coast than the nearest bay in which to careen and get at the leak?
She cried, with a quick blanching of her face that cruelly proved her stock of strength but slender, "If they careen the ship to-night they will be able to repair the leak in the morning, and be ready to sail before the evening.
Now, as to the brig, it's my opinion as they means to careen her, just as we've done with our little barkie.
It was decided by Cavendish that, as the beach was very spacious, and there were four ships to be careened, they should careen two at a time, instead of one only, as usual.
We arrived at Gorgona on the 13th June, where we anchored in forty fathoms, and resolved to careen our two ships in succession, beginning with the Duchess.
Ail this timber is for the most part landed on the island of Ormrust, between four and five leagues from Batavia, where there are about 200 ship-carpenters, who are constantly in full employ, and here the Dutch careen their ships.
On the 13th this island was taken possession of, and a strong intrenchment thrown up for its defence, under cover of which the Dutch laid their shallops on shore to careen them.
We then applied ourselves to refit the other ships, which we did at the island of Horn, not being allowed to do so at Onrust, where the Dutch clean and careen all their ships.
On the 1st September, the three largest ships being careened, they began to careen the rest.
He had no more than gotten the words out of his mouth ere the great creature of the deep came on full tilt at the vessel, struck it a terrific blow which made it tremble from stem to stern, and careen violently.
This I took for a good opportunity to careen and clean our other ships too; for we had done little to them since we came from Madagascar.
But during that five days' voyage it had become so clear to all that both ships must be thoroughly cleared of weed before the voyage across the Atlantic was undertaken, that they decided to careen them before proceeding further.
We must run for shelter there, and careen her," said Levasseur.
Therefore he gave the Pride of Devon the shelter she sought in his harbour and every facility to careen and carry out repairs.
Twice more she lay over again, and then a hearty cheer rang out, for she rose after the last careen and then began to glide slowly out into deeper water, just as the captain gave orders for one of the bow guns to be fired.
