Now, this boat will travel them two leagues in an hour, with this breeze and in smooth water.
In smooth water I might have pushed the spar before me with the help of Oliver.
He seized it in his mouth, and swam on as well as if he was in smooth water, and I let the sea bring me back again.
Presently I felt the vessel rise to a sea, then she pitched into it, then rose again, and in a few minutes she was gliding on in smooth water.
It would require, we saw, two rafts of considerable size to carry so many people with any degree of safety even in smooth water.
We were expecting all the while that the river would take a final leap and get to smooth water, but there was no improvement this forenoon.
She was propelled by means of a screw propeller worked by eight of the crew, her greatest speed being four knots an hour in smooth water.
Under the lee of Three Hummock Island in smooth water we laid under easy sail off and on all night--found the tides here to run very strong.
I saw that the reef did nearly stretch across the whole way, but inside saw a sheet of smooth water of great extent.
We found much swell in going in but were soon in smooth water and an excellent harbour, perhaps one of the finest in the known world.
A small plank seat appears to have been used and the boat was propelled by two short one-hand paddles, secured to the manhole rim by lanyards made of thongs; these would be only efficient in smooth water.
These canoes paddled well in strong winds and in smooth water, and worked quietly in the marshes where they were much used.
With the beam abaft midlength, the weight of the paddler trimmed the canoe by the stern somewhat, hence greater depth aft than forward was necessary to make the canoe run easily and turn readily in smooth water.
In vessels of deep draught especially, they were well immersed, and they were really more efficient at sea than in smooth water.
Mr. Linnington, in reply, said there was no reason to think that the twin screw at sea might not be as satisfactory, in comparison with the single screw, as it appeared in smooth water.
Whatever the value of deep immersion may be in smooth water, there can be no question that it is much enhanced in a seaway.
For instance, a screw with a large positive slip in smooth water is frequently inefficient at sea against a head wind, which increases the resistance, and necessitates an increase of slip.
Our voyage from Port Darwin to Singapore took place during the interval of calms which separates the north-west and the south-east monsoons, so that we were enabled to steam the entire distance of 2,000 miles in smooth water.
The distance from Levuka to Bau is about twenty-four miles, and after a pleasant passage of five hours we reached our destination and anchored the boat in smooth water at about forty yards from the shore.
Both sides had men enough to work the guns and handle the ships, especially as the fight was in smooth water, and largely at long range.
With a comparatively unmanageable antagonist, in smooth water, she ought to have sunk her in three quarters of an hour.
Meanwhile he blockaded Perry's force, and as the brigs could not cross the bar with their guns in, or except in smooth water, they of course could not do so in his presence.
Having made an offing of three miles or so, we outran the terral, and got becalmed in the belt of smooth water between it and the sea--breeze.
No," I answered; "the belt ofsmooth water is growing narrower fast; but the sea breeze does not blow into the channel yet.
Soon after we set out, many canoes were seen in chase of us; but though they paddled fast in smooth water, our boat moved too quickly for them to succeed in their endeavours to barter with us, or to gratify their curiosity.
And I don't think anyone aboard will be sorry when she's in smooth water.
They were very wild and fine, but fortunately they did not extend far, and about three-quarters of a mile of portaging would put us on smooth water again.
The tents were pitched near a pool of smooth water, deep and darkened by shadows of the evergreens on either shore.
Soon the rain ceased, and, passing the portages round Seal and Cascade Rapids, we found ourselves on smooth water again.
The river was soft and smooth as satin, with a slightly raised cushion- like appearance, that I had never noticed on smooth water before.
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