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CONSIDERING that my father was a master mariner , that he had been trained in sail and had all the hide- bound prejudices of his caste , it is somewhat surprising that sailing never made any appeal to me .
CONSIDERING that my father was a master mariner , that he had been trained in sail and had all the hide- bound prejudices of his caste , it is somewhat surprising that sailing never made any appeal to me .
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And though it seemed the old ship would never sail again , we got plenty of fun from her two dinghies . There were cruises round the estuary , races round the buoys , and long idle hours of sailing nowhere in particular on a quiet wind ...
And though it seemed the old ship would never sail again , we got plenty of fun from her two dinghies . There were cruises round the estuary , races round the buoys , and long idle hours of sailing nowhere in particular on a quiet wind ...
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In 1920 more than two hundred large sailing ships had called at Australian ports alone . By the follow- ing year this number had sunk to less than a score . Many were broken up for scrap , many converted into barges and lighters ...
In 1920 more than two hundred large sailing ships had called at Australian ports alone . By the follow- ing year this number had sunk to less than a score . Many were broken up for scrap , many converted into barges and lighters ...
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