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"Fore tack--head bowlines--of all haul!"— A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
It was while they were thus engaged--the ship being at the time on the starboard tack, and consequently heading to the southward--that a hail came down simultaneously from the fore and main royal-yards to the effect that a couple of sail were in sight, broad on the lee-bow.— A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
First, they might follow our example--tack, and endeavour to escape to windward if they believed their vessel speedy enough to succeed.— A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
It was doubtful whether he could weather the point; but he did not wish to tack, and stand farther out into the lake.— Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
In another admirable drawing Punch once showed a ship on the starboard tack while the helmsman is steering on the port tack, and the ship, by what appears a miracle, is lying over to the wind; and, again, Toby is actually shown in the Almanac for 1895 drawing a cork from a champagne bottle with a cork-screw!— The History of "Punch"

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