As she had a very considerable freeboard she proved a seaworthy ship, but she was the last of her kind.
It was an excellent description of the little Monitor, which was built with a very low freeboard and had nothing on her deck but a cylindrical revolving turret containing a couple of guns, no masts, and but the merest apology for a funnel.
She had very light pole masts and light, hinged iron bulwarks, which gave her 3-1/3 feet more freeboard at sea but had to be lowered before she could fight her guns.
A little later the submarine, the deck of which was previously only just awash, began to rise till she showed a freeboard of nearly six feet.
Stone upon stone he weighed them down, Until the boat would hold no more; The freeboard now was scarce an inch: He stripp'd his clothes and push'd from shore.
Even as he spoke the "Saraband" swung round quite fifteen degrees to port, thus exposing her length and lofty freeboard to the German vessel.
A plank was put on its edge all around, making a low freeboard to hold our provisions and to serve as a protection against bullets in case the pirates should fire upon us while running ashore.
Her beams and joints groaned every time she bucked into a sea, and the wash at herfreeboard and the spray breaking on the deck outside made a great racket.
Although it was seaworthy and fast under sail, this boat was not particularly well suited for the oyster fishery because of its high freeboard and lack of working deck for tonging.
It was long, narrow, and low in freeboard and was fitted with a centerboard.
When said comforts of home were laden into the canoe, there remained forward and aft just about one square foot of space for Billy and me, and not over two inches of freeboard for the River.
We knew it before, but we had to be convinced by trial, that two inches of freeboard will dip under the most gingerly effort.
She had no inside ballast, her iron keel weighed five tons, but her deep draught and high freeboard made her very stiff.
The freeboard of the canoe was no more than two and a half inches, and the little waves continually lapped over the side.
In the middle of a large boat is a section, the freeboard of which is raised still higher, and which is covered by an arched roof of palm leaves.
Each boat, even one of the largest size, is hollowed from a single log, the freeboard being raised by lashing narrow planks to the edge of the hollowed log.
So long as U-boats do not betray their presence, a fast vessel is almost as liable as a slower one of less freeboard or lower top hamper.
When far from land she might take a chance and navigate entirely on the surface with a freeboard of fifteen feet, in which condition she can make a speed of eleven knots, as her position No.
Such a type of vessel travelling with a freeboard of five feet would become visible to a submarine lying in ambush when she approached within eight miles.
The long wells combined with a low freeboard lacerated their imaginations.
Her draught was but five feet six inches, the freeboard being but two feet for'ard and eighteen inches aft.
Trimmed for surface running, she exposed a freeboard of nearly ten feet.
Owing to her low, armoured freeboard the "Anzac" had escaped injury 'twixt wind and water, but almost everything on deck that was not protected had disappeared in a veritable holocaust.
These benches were so compactly adjusted that the naval architects allowed only two feet of freeboard for every bank of oars.
The minimum freeboard that the vessel would have in the event of any two compartments being flooded was between 2 feet 6 inches and 3 feet from the deck adjoining the top of the water-tight bulkheads.
Stability andfreeboard are dependent upon the boat's breadth, depth, and form.
These boats, moreover, have a much smallerfreeboard than is considered desirable in the merchant navy; but the occupants are all under discipline and in charge of experienced seamen.
When this condition had to be met, the freeboard and flare were reduced to minimize the windage.
It is noticeable that, among other changes, the amount of freeboard of umiaks has been altered as their owners met new conditions imposed by longer voyages, heavier cargo, and the outboard motor.
The ends are known to have been "square," that is, straight in profile, and the freeboard low.
Compared to the dugout canoe, the skin boat was far lighter and roomier in proportion to length and so could carry a far greater load and still retain enough freeboard to be safe.
With the draught above mentioned, which gives a freeboard of 3 feet, there would thus be 380 tons available for cargo.
The Ithuriel was lying outside the Greyhound, half submerged--that is to say, with three feet of freeboard showing.
The normal cruising line gave her a freeboardof ten feet.
Only three feet of freeboard would have been visible even in broad daylight.
He straddled easily over the schooner's scant freeboard and came aft, and was greeted cordially by Captain Candage.
The new member of the crew followed the mate up the ladder--only a few steps, for the huge schooner, with most of her cargo aboard, showed less than ten feet of freeboard amidships.
See them with the seas sloshing up their low freeboard and over their narrow decks, so that men have to make use of a sort of trolley line to get about.
The boat, not under control, was driving broadside on to the wind, her highfreeboard and comparatively light load allowing her to scud at quite a steady rate.
Had there been any wind the task would have been almost impossible, owing to the high freeboard of the lightly laden boat; but in the absence of even a faint breeze Olive was able to accomplish her aim.
It was certainly a vicious tumble of wild white water, and even with our considerable freeboardit would have been a sloppy run.
Just load enough to steady her, and yet leave plenty of freeboard for the sloppy water.
That the wind and waves headed us did not make the pulling any lighter, for the boat's considerable freeboard gave both a lot of surface to play upon.
She had ample beam, a fair freeboard and a considerable sheer.
It was evident, however, that her increased freeboard was going to make her harder to hold to her course with head winds, but these I hoped to have little trouble with until I reached the gorge of the Cascades.
Moise, in reply, casting a judicial look at the low freeboard of the Mary Ann.
The freeboard of the dugout was very slight when Jesse took his place, but seemed quite enough to satisfy the requirements of these voyageurs.
The only object to be gained by keeping the freeboard down is to reduce the windage and weight, important items in racing craft, but of little matter in a cruiser.
You see many boats of this description with scantfreeboard and excessively high houses.
For this reason seagoing craft should have their upper freeboard slightly tumbled home.
Her lead kept her from turning right over, and her large freeboard kept her from edging down.
