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Today's racers are 30-odd feet long, with sharp prows and raking twin masts that are taller than their length. Their beam is no broader than a man is tall. They are especially sporty and picturesque because they must be balanced by man power. Each canoe carries "springboards," on which most of the crew scramble to windward when the boat heels. Despite well-trained crews, canoes frequently capsize under their towering clouds of sail...
...enemy had negligible success; when they did manage to hit factories, the British got them working again in a jiffy. But the R.A.F. believes it has done a little better, because its pilots have been trained in night flying and precision bombing, whereas the Germans rode in on a beam and dropped bombs near where the leader set fires...
...three from cruisers; and about three hundred 8-in. shells, 4.7-in. shells and other small stuff. PArtly this wonderful shock-worthiness was due to her thick, modern alloy-steel armor, partly to an intricate system of cellular compartments, "blisters," "torpedo bulkheads" - all contributing to her great 118-ft. beam and calculated to isolate and minimize each hole in her skin. But the crew's faith in her buoyancy was betrayed. The British rescued about 100 of them, but had to move off when submarines were reported nearby...
...should broadcast twenty-four hours, in French and German, on the most powerful beam to Europe," the professor remarked. "Over and over we should repeat the facts of our defense effort. We should continuously ship into Europe quantities of printed material, even if only one-tenth of it reached its destination...
...vessels had tightened to a line of battle. At 10:20 a number of darkened ships loomed up on their starboard bow. Simultaneously they were challenged by an enemy vessel on the port beam. Admiral Cunningham decided to sheer away from the lone vessel and engage the others. He ordered all ships 90° to starboard...