longboat

• The creak of rope on wheel sounded to the starboard side as the longboat was lowered. —  Witch Star.htm
• 'Return to where you left this longboat, at the canal's end. —  dummy 3
• She had ranged up on the starboard side of the transport, consequently the dead and wounded lay thickest on the port side of the brigantine; but a few of the crew had apparently run round to shelter themselves under the lee of the longboat--which was stowed on the main hatch--after receiving the first or second volley, and the closeness and deadly character of those volleys was borne witness to by the fact that the boat was literally riddled with bullet-holes, the missiles having evidently passed through and through her and probably laid low every one of those that we found on her starboard side. —  A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
• Then, while the Adventure_, under Bascomb's command, bore up again and regained an offing of some thirty miles due west of Cartagena, the longboat was to proceed inshore, enter the bight between the island of Baru and the mainland, and there remain in concealment while Marshall should attempt to make his way into Cartagena harbour, and, if necessary, even penetrate into the town itself, in an endeavour to secure precise information relative to the movements of the plate ship. —  Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
• It was further arranged that the Adventure should remain in the offing during the whole of the succeeding day, working in toward the land again after nightfall, and hoisting two lanterns, one over the other, at her ensign staff as a guide for the longboat--should the latter by that time have accomplished her mission. —  Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess

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