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Sentence Examples Captain Elsper went astern, and as his ship came free tried to head for Tobermory. The ship won't point into the wind, you have to have the wind astern or at least abeam. Some of the towline was paid out to send the commuter astern of the schooner. They stay in line astern formation and head for the Discovery, followed closely by the rest of the Eagles and the eight Bright Stars ships. The reason the four cars at the finish were line astern was because they couldn't pass each other! In reality, the buntlines would not be visible from astern since they run on the foreside of the sails. We saw their vapor trails very high and almost overhead as they went into line astern, rolled over and started down right on top of us. The engines were steaming full speed astern, and by hoisting the topsail, the ship shot past it in safety. The ship appeared to be towing her fishing gear astern and seemingly for this reason remained underway. But rounding Halibut Point, I was relieved to see that at least one of them, the guy in the life preserver, was still well astern. As she increases her speed to 29 knots, the prop wash piles up astern into an arcing jet stream then fans out into a broad trailing wake. We join Duncan astern in the wheelhouse and watch as he carefully manoeuvres into the first of the five locks. After securing the boat astern, the remainder of the transit is taken up with preparations for the diving equipment and gear. One of them noticed an object in the water outboard and to port of the wake, astern of the vessel. The ship was met by a warm welcome from the Brazilian Navy, being berthed in a prominent position astern of the sail training ship Cisne Branco. We carried on relentlessly until we beached, having dropped our anchor astern in order to hold us square on the beach and not drift sideways. The Ganda slid into formation off the Soyuz's starboard side, slightly astern. Langsdorff, a torpedo specialist, kept both ships astern to give them the smallest possible target with regards to a torpedo attack. The 3,400 tonne Anzac Class frigate was the 10th ship in the firing column, with HMAS Newcastle positioned astern. As they were rescued, the crew and a desolate captain watched the ship slip astern into deep water, disappearing from view. Show More Sentences The subject herself was surrounded by the common aura of light to silhouette her against the stern of the ship and the shades of darkness astern. I put Margarita hard astern, yelling at Paul to grab the line and pull slack into the cockpit. Her bow was almost blown off, but her captain managed to keep her afloat by going full astern. The boat slows, stops, and if the lever isn't pushed into neutral, she'll gather way astern. One afternoon three of them came in from the sea in close line astern under a solid overcast. The other boats of Kilthan's convoy floated ahead and astern of his own, nuzzling the docks, hatches battened down, and a peaceful sense of expectancy hovered about them. As I mentioned earlier, some 38s were fitted with a lower helm although visibility astern is very limited and communications with deck hands is nearly impossible. With a fast dropping ebb tide she was unable to come astern off the bank and was left high and dry until five in the afternoon when she was assisted off the bank by tug. With his departure star astern and his destination star ahead, he could keep to his course. The first known castles are shown amidships or astern on Roman ships, to afford vantage points in sea skirmishes. As the breeze was blowing directly up the rhumb line from astern, the idea was to jibe downwind for maximum speed. The net gain of 46 seconds was just too big a task for Oracle, which finally crossed the line 47 seconds astern. Pilot throttled back fully and dove, manoeuvering to attack from astern dead along track of U-Boat. In this instance, a spring line astern, normally used for this manoeuvre, was not used. The astern movement of the ferry caused it to part its mooring lines and the shore ramp to fall below the level of the car deck. The tug is connected to the barge by two steel cables so as to prevent tug movement astern. Worse, by the time it's delivered it will be three generations astern of station. The bridge wings were used by both pilot and master to get a good view astern during manoeuvres. The master was unable to reach the control for two of the four main engines but he did use the other control in astern mode. The port engine was placed on full astern in an attempt to return the vessel to the channel. Show More Sentences Full astern was ordered on the main engine and the crash stop sequence was initiated. With the four tugs assisting, the main engine was operated astern and ahead to clear the hull from the shoal. The pilot immediately put the engine to dead slow ahead, but the confined area of the channel prevented a turning or full astern manoeuvre. She joined the first group and positioned herself immediately astern of the head guide. Just astern, a relaxation area with benches, tables and sun deck welcomes guests. Loïck Peyron, just a few miles astern, changed course slightly to go and pick up his colleague and take him onboard Gitana Eighty. Full astern was ordered and the officer of the watch was tasked to let go the anchor. As a result of attempting to go astern, wash from the propeller stirred up mud from the harbour bed, which blocked the vessel's intakes. A little after the start of the vessel's head coming to port, the helm was put hard to starboard and the main engine to full astern. By this stage the safety car was out and we witnessed two Ferrari's in the pits, line astern, while agitated mechanics tried to get 8 wet weather wheels ready for their cars. One by one, other houseboats come into view and join our convoy astern. It is said too that sailors, beating up against the wind in the Gulf of Finland, sometimes see a strange sail heave into sight astern and overhaul them hand over hand. The narrator's ship is making for Spain with a fine wind astern. Using powerful floodlights to attract the delicacy known to the Japanese as ika, the boats employ sails which are rigged astern to reduce the ship's roll in the ocean swells. It is said, too, that sailors, beating up against the wind in the Gulf of Finland, sometimes see a strange sail heave in sight astern and overhaul them hand over hand. But soon, performing a visual diminuendo, they drift well astern, a distant nebula of glittering pinpoints at the planet's indistinguishable edge. Because warships mounted almost all their guns on the broadside, and were vulnerable to fire from ahead or astern, actions were usually fought in line ahead. When the vessel moved astern after being refloated, three of the tugs were unable to push against the side because they were not made fast to the vessel. This enabled them to turn one paddle ahead and one astern to turn and maneuver quickly. But thanks to his option off to the west taken a couple of days ago, Safran was able to finish with the wind on the beam, while her rivals had the wind from astern in very light conditions. Show More Sentences The pilot, seeing that the starboard sheer of the vessel could not be corrected in time to prevent grounding, requested the helm be placed amidships and full astern pitch be applied. Ahead of him is Ger O'Rourke's Dutch-backed Delta Lloyd, which, as ABN Amro 1 won the race last time, but this time 48 miles astern in just 48 hours. Meanwhile, when the aircraft as 300 yards distant the front gunner saw approx. 70-100 feet astern of the U-Boat a brownish pool with blue smoke hanging above it. He immediately put the propulsion machinery to full astern. The two main masts are aline amidships, while the two mizzen masts are astern and placed in line with the rudder post. When the propeller was put to full astern, the starboard main engine provided about 50 per cent of the total power normally available, which reduced the vessel's ability to stop. The trio then sailed back up the Mersey in single file formation, tug boats pumping out vast V-shaped water spouts ahead and astern the royal procession. German sources state that the fleet had already passed Dover when the coastal artillery opened fire and that the shells landed well astern of the major German units. He and a handful of loyals made for the Nina, waiting a few hundred yards astern of the flagship, but they were turned back by the Nina's captain Vicente Yanez. Astern of the engine-room area is a short gap where the ship broke her back, then you reach the propshaft, suspended above the seabed by the remains of the donkey engine. Examples from Classical Literature As we dropped below the towhead, the Boy, for once silent, wistfully gazed astern. At first the coper seemed to have the best of it, but afterwards the breeze freshened and the Sunbeam soon left it far astern. In the meantime the schooner had let draw her foresheet, and had already left him a quarter of a mile astern. In this position we went full speed astern on the motors, 1,500 amps on each, and all the crew in the after-compartment. At the end of that mile Jonadab's craft's jib boom was just astern of Tobias's rudder. Came a succession of blows, not only on the port in the bow, but also on that astern. By this time the wind was a gale, and he knew it was driving him astern, despite his rowing. In paddling the dugout the Indians all faced ahead, instead of astern as in rowing. Casting off the painter of the third cutter, he worked her astern, so as to avoid Peaks. It came at length, towards the end of the middle watch, and as before, astern. The helm is then turned, keeping these lights in range astern until Chapel Hill and Conover beacons are in range on the port bow. He clawed with his hands, but the planks was slippery, and he slid astern fast. Then you and he will paddle her round to the cove here, and make her fast astern of the sailing boat. But Captain Hull now turned and steered out to sea, across the bows of the Eolus, and soon had them astern again. Had the wind been directly astern, the course of the fly-by-night would have been smoother. Canopus blazed high astern, and Fomalhaut below him to the west, as if bidding us a kind farewell. The foudroyant, on that melancholy occasion, had been astern of the Victory, the admiral's ship. Accordingly, we in the Chiyo went ahead, the Fukui falling in next astern, and the other two retaining their original positions. Then he stepped to the taffrail and looked down at the gig, which had been passed astern. Now it lay astern, and Moran could see the planet that had been chosen for his marooning. Show More Sentences Ducking from the bowsprit end, towing in a rope astern, and marooning, were also practised as punishments for the pilferer. I belonged to this boat, and I now recollected that she had been towing astern. She was astern just now, and she is abreast of the polacre now, as near as I can make out. Close astern of her comes War Ordnance, her pushful young captain having taken heed of the sounds of Standard's weighing. The Canopus was never in the action at all, being 150 miles astern. Meantime, overseeing the other part of the ship, Captain Peleg ripped and swore astern in the most frightful manner. The open lake was astern of her, with clear sailing for two miles. There is a significant rule change to RRS 17, involving overlaps gained from astern and subsequent proper course limitations. Many of them strove to swim off to us, but we left them astern. The monitor dropped astern, and again we turned and tried to ram her. I wa'n't fur astern, and every boarder on deck was all eyes and envy. Banish fear, my friend, for indeed everything is going as it ought, and we have the wind astern. While anchored here, a boat which was astern of the Eleanor was stolen, and a seaman who was in it was killed. This is said of a steam-engine if reversed, to propel the vessel astern. In the dory the skipper, bending at his oars, was not two yards astern. During our different passages south of the Plata, I often towed astern a net made of bunting, and thus caught many curious animals. When first severed, the head is dropped astern and held there by a cable till the body is stripped. The Coal Tar Maggie came sloshing into their midst with a light breeze astern, and they crowded on deck to see us. It comes in over the boat's bow, passes around a drum, and is payed out astern. It might as well be called the ship, with the cockboat astern. Show More Sentences Now, from this peculiar sideway position of the whale's eyes, it is plain that he can never see an object which is exactly ahead, no more than he can one exactly astern. Stryver shouldered his way through the law, like some great engine forcing itself through turbid water, and dragged his useful friend in his wake, like a boat towed astern. In the meantime, we had been swept astern of the ship, and being quite out of her lee, were at the mercy of the tremendous sea which was still running. Sam plied his oars with redoubled vigor, and knowing all the eddies and currents of the stream, soon left their followers, if such they were, far astern. Uppermost was the impression, that whatever swift, rushing thing I stood on was not so much bound to any haven ahead as rushing from all havens astern. Astern was a fog bank, and ahead the open sea, toward which the boat was charging at full speed. Astern was the towboat Crucible making her way into the lock with a steel boat in tow. Find more words! 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