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... sailing dinghy I was pretty well a complete novice in the art of seamanship , but we spent our time taking bearings and ingratiating ourselves with the captain . Dawson had been born in Sydney and could sail a boat , as he said , since ...
... sailing dinghy I was pretty well a complete novice in the art of seamanship , but we spent our time taking bearings and ingratiating ourselves with the captain . Dawson had been born in Sydney and could sail a boat , as he said , since ...
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... sail . The Marine Stores supplied us with the necessary charts and we stood out to sea again soon after noon the next day . Dawson had been a trifle over - sanguine when he talked about easy sailing for we had to negotiate the Great ...
... sail . The Marine Stores supplied us with the necessary charts and we stood out to sea again soon after noon the next day . Dawson had been a trifle over - sanguine when he talked about easy sailing for we had to negotiate the Great ...
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... sail , for we both felt there was more in the offing . Our chart was marking the presence of shoals rather too plainly for comfort as well , and as it grew dark I could see a goodish big patch of cloud , considerably darker than the ...
... sail , for we both felt there was more in the offing . Our chart was marking the presence of shoals rather too plainly for comfort as well , and as it grew dark I could see a goodish big patch of cloud , considerably darker than the ...
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