But it is dangerous in squally weather, because, although the sheet or line which holds the lower and outer end of a sail may be let go for the sake of safety, the upper part remains spread to the wind because of the sprit.
Guess you'll have a squally time of it," said Charley, casting off the painter.
The night was equally squally and changeable, and kept us hard at work taking in and making sail, and rowing in the intervals.
It was now wet, squally weather, and there appeared a stagnation of insect life.
It was rather squally and, just as little Jacob went out of the cabin door, a great gust of wind came and took his straw hat and carried it sailing away over the ocean.
This Day Fresh Breeze of Wind, and Squally Weather, People employed | about the Main Rigging, and sundry other Jobbs.
At PM Squally Weather, Employd getting off some of the Main Rigging | and Putting Provisions on board, the Brig, the Carpenters having NNE | finished the Tops.
Dirty Squally Weather, People variously employed, | Carpenters on Shore making a New Sett of Tops for the Ship | Recd.
There was old Squally drowned in whisky, sleepin' like a kid.
In the forenoon of a dark, threatening, and squally day, just before high tide, Grimes and his assistant had trudged towards the beach, intending to go out with the boat for a little while.
The wind was blowing more steadily; the short and squally gusts had increased into a roaring gale, driving right ahead from the west.
The squally look in the south-west increases; the wind veers more and more.
And still the squally easterly wind bears her bravely onward, the puffs darkening the water as they pass us and strike the rushing seas.
What did he care though this squally breeze came blowing down the Sound in awkward gusts?
This lasted for the remainder of the day, and then was followed by the usual squally night.
It was more or less squally all day, sailing along under high land; but rounding close under a bluff, I found an opportunity to mend the lanyards broken in the squall.
Great flights of song and game birds, in their migration southward, lent an accent as they twittered by or honked in mid-air, while scurrying clouds and squallyweather bore witness of approaching winter.
There may be squally weather yet, but little danger of a general storm.
In the month of March the south-east trade usually resumes its former influence, the change being often attended with the same thick squally weather, and perhaps a gale from the north-west, which ushered in the westerly monsoon.
What could have tempted the old lady to come away down there on such a squally day?
It was blowing fresh and squally from the eastward, and for the first mile of our course there was a nasty choppy sea for a boat.
Squally Hook, I could see, was much the same sort of a short, sharp, savage rapid as Rock Creek.
From the foot of Squally Hook Rapids to the head of Indian Rapids is about three miles.
There was the same restricted "intake," and the same abrupt bend just beyond the foot; only below Squally Hook the river turned to the left, where at Rock Creek it had turned to the right.
The sheer two-thousand-foot cliff on the inside of the bend that gives its name to the rapid is well called Squally Hook.
From the foot of Rock Creek Rapids to the head of Squally Hook Rapids is something less than four miles of not very swift water.
It's a dangerous trick to make that sheet fast on a squally day, or on any day at all, for that matter.
I passed him a month ago one squally day off Monhegan, running before the wind, sheet fast, shot to the eyes, and yelling like a wild man.
Squally weather it was at any rate the misfortune of Mr. Gladstone to encounter in his new endeavour.
I hauled up for this island, and ran under an easy sail all night, having squally unsettled rainy weather, which is not very uncommon in this sea, when near high land.
The weather looks squally and unsettled, and I push ahead as rapidly as the condition of the ground will permit, fearing a snow-storm in the hills.
At this time the weather was squally attended with showers of rain.
Fresh Gales and dark, Cloudy, squally weather, with Thunder, Lightning, and rain.
In the morning came to sail, having very squally variable weather; at Noon Cracatoa West 2 Leagues.
First and Latter parts, a moderate breeze and Clear weather; Middle, squally with rain.
First and latter parts fresh breezes at South-East and fair weather; the Middle squallywith Lightning and rain.
First and Latter parts a steady fresh Breeze and cloudy; the Middle, sometimes squally with rain, at other times little wind.
The first and middle part Strong Gales and Squally with rain, remainder moderate and Cloudy.
The first part light Airs and Calm; Middle, moderate breezes and Cloudy; latter part very squally with rain.
Fore part, fresh Gales and Squally with Hail and rain, remainder moderate and Cloudy.
Fresh gales all this day, sometimes squally with rain; under Double-reef Topsails in the night, and Single-reeft Topsail in the day.
First and middle parts fresh breezes at South-West, and fair the remainder, squally with rain; plying to windward between Cracatoa and the Java shore without gaining anything.
Twenty-four hours of squally weather tempted him to put out to sea in his racing yacht.
We pulled along shore against a strong and squally wind, and before evening nearly reached Cape Quod; but not being able to pass it, stopped in a cove on the east side.
There was constant rain and squally weather all the morning, and only in the latter part of the day could any work be performed in the boats.
We were well sheltered from the regular winds; but many troublesome eddies were caused by the surrounding heights, while the passing clouds showed that strong and squally north-west winds were prevalent.
In the course of the next day the wind freshened to a strong andsqually gale from the W.
Had a very squally night, and a very leaky boat, so as to keep two buckets constantly bailing.
The voyage was prosperous till the 28th, when at eight in the evening I took charge of the watch, and the weather turned out very squally with rain.
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