Essays Tagged: "set sail"

... together.         The center of effort, or CE, is the geometric center of the set sails. The center of effort is the balance point of the... as many as seven masts and forty nine sails set at once.         Bit by bit, the sails evolved into triangles with moving points and arms... the boat no longer gains forward momentum. The first sailboats had fixed sails and heavy improperly balanced ships. They were very inefficient and slow.         Today...

... of a mere fourteen feet. The boys rigged their boat quickly and set sail. Cobi was the helmsman and hence, called all the commands. Greg... party tonight aren't ya."         "Yeah"         "Well, we can go for a sail, then to the party"         "All right"         "Cool, meet at the club at... rough seas, who has accomplished everything there is to accomplish in Canadian sailing. He is the envy of every young sailor and child. They wish...

... the Massachusetts area. In 1930, eleven vessels carrying nearly a thousand immigrants set sail for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Continued oppression in England brought more... sail for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Continued oppression in England brought more Puritans to the region. By 1642, over 14,000 had fled to the... they shaped today's society. Their transformation toward a more liberal government set the stage for a democratic style of government. Their voting requirements were...

... can use to congregate. Carnival's new 2,124 passenger Spirit, which set sail April 2002, typifies the trend. Analysis of Corporate-level strategy At... segment of the travel industry, with 7.5 million people worldwide having set sail last year. Fifteen new ships will join the North American fleets... vacation. Information Systems Due to modern day technology, most cruise ships are sailed using computers. All ships are equipped with state of the art information...

... no pertinent information regarding his father found in Pylos, Telemachus decides to set sail for Sparta. Here is where Telemachus meets Menelaus and Helen. Helen... encouraged by a family friend, named Mentor (Athena in disguise), decides to set sail to Troy, to ultimately visit some of his father's friends... that's essentially what he is) to take it upon himself to set sail for Pylos would be like myself taking the family car and...

... would lose their English identity, a small group led by William Bradford set sail in 1620 for the New World. Puritan theology was an uneasy... pumpkin. In the first stanza Holmes parallels a nautilus to a ship sailing in the summer seas. As the ship is on its voyage, the... sail in 1620 for the New World. Puritan theology was an uneasy mixture of certainty, most of humanity would be dammed for all eternity because...

... of easy econmomic opportunity in which New England provided. When the Puritans set sail for America to escape the corruption of the Church of England... and his voyage were the proverbial spark that bolstered the concept of the American dream. Columbus set sail for a passage to the east by... for a passage to the east by sailing west and ended up in "the New World". His intention, to profit economically through spices,gold and...

..., on April 9, 1585, the first English colony for the New World set sail from Plymouth, in the southwest of England not far from the..., Grenville, and Drake. This time a well-supplied fleet of seven ships sailed under the command of Richard Grenville. Ralph Lane was lieutenant governor and... of two ships commanded by Captains Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe. They sailed from London on April 27th through the West Indies and sighted land...

... now Puerto Santa Cruz, Argentina, during the Southern Hemisphere's winter. - Magellan set sail from Puerto Santa Cruz on Oct. 18, 1520. Three days later... west. - Financed by the Spanish king and queen, he set sail westward from Spain on Aug. 3, 1492. Columbus reached land on October 12, and... and fortune. Before long, Europeans from several countries sailed across the Atlantic to explore America and set up trading posts and colonies. - The Spanish and...

... by the gods that a glorious future awaited him in Italy, he set sail with a fleet containing the surviving citizens of Troy. Aeneas relates... Aeneas of his duty to found a new city. He determines to set sail once again. Dido is devastated by his departure, and kills herself..., begins a war. Aeneas, at the suggestion of the river god Tiberinus, sails north up the Tiber to seek military support among the neighboring tribes...

... is generally consistent with both forms of evidence (navigation and sightings). Cabot set sail from Dursey Head or some nearby point on or about 20... climate; it is thus inherently different from navigational evidence based on probable sailing patterns. Like navigational evidence, sightings must be read with an eye for... 1500, unquestionably included information gleaned from Cabots voyage because no one else sailed to North America in the ensuing three years. The problem surrounding this...

... had buried his gains. Immediately, the squire and the doctor decide to set sail and search for the Treasure Island. The squire purchases a sturdy... the Doctor's side and helps them at every opportunity. Finally they set sail and leave Treasure Island and the last couple of pirates behind... Treasure Island is s story of great sea adventure set in the 18th century when sea sailing and pirates were the order of the sea...

... Spanish that only half of the boats returned to Spain. The crew set sail with one hundred and thirty ships. The English had defeated the... Spanish fleet off guard. The Spanish were waiting for troops that were sailing from the Netherlands to join their fleet. The Spanish came prepared with... was assembling his original fleet to attack the English, the arrogant Drake sailed in singing songs and defeated about thirty ships. This defeat of the...

... in a ferocious storm.         In 1585, before the war broke out, Drake set sail across the Atlantic, "...with the most heavily gunned English fleet yet... while robbing the Spanish. Drake was also the first English man to sail around Cape Horn and raid Chile, Peru, and Mexico (Cochran 28). Elizabeth... of gold and treasure were stolen from Spanish ships while they were sailing from port to port on the Spanish main. In one attack the...

... her as his wife. Tempted by gold Daland consents, and both vessels set sail. In the second act Senta dreamily gazes upon the picture of... helmsman falls asleep. A ghostly vessel appears and invisible hands furl the sails. A man dressed in black steps ashore. Having broken his promise, he... of the Flying Dutchman who is captain of a ship condemned to sail until Judgement Day. In the first act captain Daland is on his...

... is something that is nearly impossible, or completely impossible to achieve. "Sailing to Byzantium" sets out to display the superiority of the world of art... old age and leaving the natural world, but none so strongly as "Sailing to Byzantium". Byzantium itself symbolized eternity to Yeats; it was an ancient... by somehow connecting the mind with a greater power. "Therefore I have sailed the seas and come/to the holy city of Byzantium", which Yeats...

... to talk to them though. On the 15th I arrived, ready to set sail, only to be disappointed by the news that the Independence was... all the way to the city of New York. I was to set sail on the 15th of June on the amazing ship "Independence" controlled... to me. But the Captain will "let me know" when we're setting sail. A week went by, and I finally heard from him! We... were to set sail the next day! Daddy says only special passengers were informed a day early- I bet those Wyatt girls knew nothing about...

... of 1716, he left Canterbury, England, acquired a ship and crew, and set sail for North America. After stopping at several ports to ensure they... hard, it felt like being hit with many stones. Suddenly, the last sail tore free; the ropes lashing about liked angry snakes. The sailors, men... wreck. Samuel Bellamy was one of the most famous pirates that ever sailed the seven seas. Although perhaps not as well known as Captain Kidd...

... introduces the reader to whaling and describes the Pequod. After the ship sets sail, he seems to vanish from the story. At certain intervals, however....         On Christmas day, and with Ahab still in his cabin, the Pequod sets sail in the Atlantic. As the weather begins to warm up (several... task, considering the size of the Earth's Oceans). When he first set sail, Ahab's original plan was to hunt only Moby Dick and...

... than one thousand ships and an army of one hundred thousand men set sail for the coast of Anatolia. For more than nine years the... best Greek warriors, as the rest boarded their ships as if to sail home in defeat. The Trojans thought the horse was a peace offering... sail for the coast of Anatolia. For more than nine years the massive Greek army besieged Troy unsuccessfully. Achilles, a great and supposedly invincible warrior...