In the late 1930s, when the young Eric Newby signed on for an around-the-world voyage on a working square-rigger, war clouds were gathering all over the world as nations rearmed, and newer, faster vessels were being launched. ❋ Unknown (2008)
His doctor recommended an ocean voyage, little expecting him to sign on as a seaman aboard a square-rigger bound for California via Cape Horn. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The $130 million square-rigger — the Maltese Falcon — evokes the era of magnificent vessels that raced across the oceans in the 19th century. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Perkins had decked out the square-rigger in full plumage with dozens of signal flags — running from bow to stern, across the tops of the three carbon-fiber masts. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I dont know much about sailing ships, but I guess youd call this thing a square-rigger, because it looked like the sails dropped down from horizontal poles that were positioned about halfway up the masts. ❋ D. J. MacHale (2007)
He bought a four-masted square-rigger, named it the Joseph Conrad, after his favorite author, and, with the writer DuBose Heyward and the family butler on board, sailed around the West Indies in search of pirate treasure. ❋ Andrews, Suzanna (2004)
It really was a bit more drama and the reality of life aboard a square-rigger. ❋ Badger (2003)
A square-rigger will take minutes before it is moving at full speed. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)
Down opposite the fourth pier, a meat vendor was selling sandwiches or something to the crew of the square-rigger that was tied up. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1991)
Aboard a square-rigger, keel-hauling was practiced from the main yardarm. ❋ Unknown (1934)
Bone went to sea as an apprentice in the City of Florence, an old-time square-rigger, at the age of fifteen; he has been at sea ever since. ❋ Unknown (1921)
Finally, and almost imperceptibly, the old wooden square-rigger had been transformed into a modern ocean liner. ❋ Unknown (1921)
By the time he was seventeen he had made one voyage to Rio de Janeiro in a big square-rigger out of Portland; and so smart and capable an A.B. was he for his years that the Old Man took a shine to him. ❋ Unknown (1918)
I thought perhaps you were trying to ring in a square-rigger on me, and I'm not familiar with them. ❋ Unknown (1918)
As for the other thing, it's something like this: By the sound it was a small craft — no square-rigger. ❋ Unknown (1911)
It's been some time since I trod the quarter-deck of a square-rigger, and I couldn't resist the temptation of tryin 'how the planks felt under my feet. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)
Godfrey Peasley -- who was not quite of the aristocracy as he commanded a schooner instead of a square-rigger, and beyond him Mrs. Tabitha Crosby, whose husband had died of yellow fever while aboard his ship in New ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)
