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Sentence Examples
Unlike Shackleton's 22 ft whaleboat, the James Caird, it could turn through 360 degrees without any risk of sinking.
The sailors and coxswain running the whaleboat pushed off again to help the others towing away the wreckage.
In 1809, he seized a whaleboat and disappeared with five hostages, eventually turning up in Guayaquil.
At the last moment Captain Kellar had caught Michael up, tucked him under an arm, and with him dropped into the sternsheets of his whaleboat.
The replica whaleboat presented to the Batavia Long Boat Replica Project Foundation in January is set to play a key role in a documentary about the whaling ship Catalpa.
In America, the earliest known race dates back to 1756 in New York, when a pettiauger defeated a Cape Cod whaleboat in a race.
Examples from Classical Literature
When the whaleboat was alongside, he descended into it first, superiorly, then invited Nau-hau to accompany him.
During my absence he and Mr. Goodfellow between them had finished the whaleboat.
While our whaleboat shot across the Bordelaise Channel pursued by a brisk breeze, Ugh!
Still there was no danger at this time in landing a whaleboat, if she were well handled.
You recollect, down to the south'ard last year, a chap named Hawkins was lost in his whaleboat running the Arli Passage?
We paddled to the whaleboat and embarked from the life raft.
A whaleboat came alongside, and a man climbed over the rail.
We then saw a whaleboat coming round the point with a lug sail.
The men took the whaleboat and dragged it down to the water.
The whaleboat had been built for speed, and was long, narrow, and light.
They are saying that whaleboat number two is off its course, sir.
Let me know when you can come up, and I will send the whaleboat.
Fox, the chief mate, was ordered to this service in the whaleboat, accompanied by John Martin, an old seaman, who had formerly visited the river, and by three Canadians.
One of the return boys, in the bow of the whaleboat, made the peace sign with his palm extended outward and weaponless, and began to chirp in the unknown Su'u dialect.
