mid-channel

When I was well clear, in mid-channel, I sang again.

Chapter 12 2010

It is clear that we stand mid-channel on a river of ice.

Into the Heart of the Ice Bill Streever 2011

It is clear that we stand mid-channel on a river of ice.

Into the Heart of the Ice Bill Streever 2011

And the afternoon seabreeze blew its tang into my lungs, and curled the waves in mid-channel.

Chapter 7 2010

When there is no visibility you steer by compass, but the boat can be pulled off course by changing currents, and fog transforms the quality of sound, the bell of a mid-channel marker can sound far away when it is just off the bow.

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

A mid-channel marine corridor in Glacier Bay is designated for motorized vessels between 1 June and 31 August to protect humpback whales from disturbance while feeding in the rich waters of the park.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States 2008

He was in mid-channel before the cause of his slow progress dawned on him, and in a drunken panic he cut the mooring line, thus dropping the mooring buoy, or pimple, into deep water where it remains to this day.

Montserrat Stories Walter Jon Williams 2007

He was in mid-channel before the cause of his slow progress dawned on him, and in a drunken panic he cut the mooring line, thus dropping the mooring buoy, or pimple, into deep water where it remains to this day.

Archive 2007-06-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007

It was deeper than he'd thought-he was up to his neck by mid-channel, and had to swim a few strokes before he found solid footing on the other side.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

Sheep cannot swim against a strong current, and if the stream be flowing evenly down mid-channel, they will be carried down a long way before they land; if, however, it sets at all towards the side from which they started, they will probably be landed by the stream on that same side.

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004