Word: bowsprit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since the Marsh Buggy frequently cruises on inland waterways, it is licensed as a Class I motorboat, has to carry red. white and green running lights, a mast, an anchor, bowsprit (which folds), life preservers, two sets of government pilot rules. Speed at sea is six knots, on dry land 35 m.p.h., on marsh 12 m.p.h. Since landmarks are scarce in Louisiana marshes and the grass often grows twelve feet tall, all steering is done by compass...
...hours after a girl has nearly killed him. The rest of the time he goes drifting about making a lot of noise like a ship upon which a perpetual mutiny is going on. He is always steered in the direction which his bowsprit indicates." Napoleon telling Anthony why he does not like bankers: "And in another hundred years if I do not stop them they will own Europe - the world. Financiers cannot act. They never do anything. They are passive, they spin webs and every wind, blow peace blow war. brings them flies. They are not the fit repositories...
...BOWSPRIT ASHORE-Alexander H. Bone - Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Autobiography of the younger brother of Artist Muirhead Bone and Skipper David William Bone...
...cruise almost ended soon after it began. One night, about 120 miles out of Manhattan, he noticed the red port light was out, took it below to refill it. While he was down in the cabin a steamer passed so close to the Firecrest it sheared away the bowsprit, left a gaping hole. By the time Gerbault reached Bermuda (16 days out of Manhattan), the Firecrest had to be completely overhauled. From Bermuda, Gerbault headed through the Caribbean and the Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands. One day after he left Galapagos, a bonito, 35 lbs., tried to jump over...