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Freeboard is 3'6" at the lowest point but the four beams to the ama are at 4'6", chocked at the gunwhale.
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Freeboard is 3'6" at the lowest point but the four beams to the ama are at 4'6", chocked at the gunwhale.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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We were almost over, both of us sitting high on the gunwhale, holding a rope each, and leaning as far back over the water as our weight would allow.
The Courage to Sail Joyful Fox 2008
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I noticed Jill was moving up on the gunwhale, and I quickly followed suit.
Archive 2008-03-01 Belinda 2008
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I noticed Jill was moving up on the gunwhale, and I quickly followed suit.
The Courage to Sail Joyful Fox 2008
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We were almost over, both of us sitting high on the gunwhale, holding a rope each, and leaning as far back over the water as our weight would allow.
Archive 2008-03-01 Belinda 2008
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One of the swimmers reaches the gunwhale of the boat and in the swiftest of moves, grabs and ejects an elderly woman and takes her place.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Tobas pushed it out until he stood knee-deep in the surf, then grabbed the gunwhale and steadied it.
With a Single Spell Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954- 1987
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He lunged up out of the water, caught at the gunwhale, his body a whiteness against the dark boat.
Restoree McCaffrey, Anne 1967
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But the fog and the darkness afforded him protection, as he climbed over the gunwhale and, without making a sound, moved toward the stern, crossed the after-deck and found the wheel.
The Inn at the Red Oak Latta Griswold
mollusque commented on the word gunwhale
Variant of gunwale.
September 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word gunwhale
Or a cetacean packing heat.
September 25, 2008