Battles With the Sea
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In most cases she fills more than once. Frequently she is overwhelmed by tons of water by every sea. A boatfull of water cannot advance, therefore baling becomes necessary; butbaling, besides being very exhausting work, is so slow that it would beuseless labour in most cases. Besides, when men have to bale theycannot give that undivided attention to the oars which is needful. Toovercome this difficulty the self-emptying plan was devised.
As, I doubt not, the reader is now sufficiently intereste...d to ask thequestions, How are self-righting and self-emptying accomplished? I willtry to throw some light on these subjects.
First, as to self-righting. You are aware, no doubt, that the buoyancyof our lifeboat is due chiefly to large air-cases at the ends, and allround the sides from stem to stern. The accompanying drawing anddiagrams will aid us in the description. On the opposite page you havea portrait of, let us say, a thirty-three feet, ten-oared lifeboat, ofthe Royal National Lifeboat Institution, on its transporting carriage, ready for launching, and, on page 95, two diagrams representingrespectively a section and a deck view of the same (Figures 1, 2, and3).
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In most cases she fills more than once. Frequently she is overwhelmed by tons of water by every sea. A boatfull of water cannot advance, therefore baling becomes necessary; butbaling, besides being very exhausting work, is so slow that it would beuseless labour in most cases. Besides, when men have to bale theycannot give that undivided attention to the oars which is needful. Toovercome this difficulty the self-emptying plan was devised.
As, I doubt not, the reader is now sufficiently intereste...d to ask thequestions, How are self-righting and self-emptying accomplished? I willtry to throw some light on these subjects.
First, as to self-righting. You are aware, no doubt, that the buoyancyof our lifeboat is due chiefly to large air-cases at the ends, and allround the sides from stem to stern. The accompanying drawing anddiagrams will aid us in the description. On the opposite page you havea portrait of, let us say, a thirty-three feet, ten-oared lifeboat, ofthe Royal National Lifeboat Institution, on its transporting carriage, ready for launching, and, on page 95, two diagrams representingrespectively a section and a deck view of the same (Figures 1, 2, and3).
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by R M Robert Michael Ballantyne to read onlineMoreLess
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