Word: starboard
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...before it was announced, London and New York newspaper offices knew last week that the starboard propeller and part of the shaft of the British liner Tahiti had fallen off, some 500 mi. from the Cook Islands, that the Tahiti was sinking while two U. S. vessels, the Matson liner Ventura and the Shipping Board's Antinous were rushing to the rescue. Reason: first news of the sinking Tahiti came from Suva, a Fiji island just west (from New York) of the International date line (180° east of Greenwich) a spot where the sun rises 14 hr. ahead...
Later the R-100 poked into a squall. Officers and men clutched for support. Fuel slopped out of tanks. Worse, the hydrogen balloonets were in danger of bursting because of the sudden pressure release. The fabric of the starboard fin let go, as the port had done. After a minute of severe tossing the R-100 was again master, plowing ahead on an even keel. The laconic log-entry by Squadron Leader R. S. Booth, in command: "Ship's height varied rapidly between...
...sailed over. This time a terrific squall delayed the start. Sweden got the best start; the Dutch boat blanketed the U. S. Ripple and Sweden stayed in front. In the third race the Ripple made a long beat to port while the Swedish yacht was off to starboard, came round the first buoy on the second round well in front, crossed the finish line 88 sec. ahead of France. On the fourth day the yachts again idled in the scant zephyrs until the recall signal was hoisted...
...burning engines which develop 6,000 h. p. It has the traditional piratical look of Morgan yachts -long, dark, heavy underneath; paler, suaver in the superstructure. Owner's quarters include a stateroom, office, bath, and big cedar closet. There are five staterooms for guests on the starboard side and a pantry, galley, and laundry to port. The Corsair IV is ten feet longer than the Orion, erstwhile "biggest in the world," built last year in Kiel for Julius Forstmann, New Jersey textile manufacturer...
...with kitchen knives. An armed officer quelled them; the well-regulated filling of lifeboats with women and children, then men, continued. Pilot boats, revenue cutters and other craft stood by to assist. Beneath a white pall, in a quiet, gelid sea, the Fort Victoria listed further and further to starboard until only seasoned Captain Albert R. Francis, his pilot, and a skeleton crew of twelve vigorous pumpers remained on board. An attempt was made to tow the foundering vessel to shore, but at length the bubbling water closed over it. Captain Francis and Pilot Frank Moran, last to slide down...