Riverside Debussy is Riverside’s third ship to enter service and will offer guests sailings on the Rhine River starting March 23. Pierce is the founder of Gals Abroad Getaways, which organizes group trips for independent women, as well as an Emmy Award-winning host and producer. “Being...
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A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade. noun (n.) One who sails near the shore. cockmaster noun (n.) One who breeds gamecocks. concertmeister noun (n.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the ...
noun(n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. noun(n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. noun(n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. noun(n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as ...
branched into ocean cruising after establishing the Douro River as a thriving destination. Ferreira’s first ocean ship, World Explorer, entered service this year and sails on charter to Quark Expeditions and for Mystic subsidiary Nicko Cruises of Germany. Sister shipWorld Voyager, arriving in...
Given the vessel’s training role, Both said Damen takes considerable pride in its role in training the crew that will operate Shabab Oman II.“Even for experienced sailors, this is a complex sailing ship with 35 sails, each of them operated via eight ropes. We provided a hands-on training...
I was wondering if you would have any more information on the name Vela- have found multiple meanings in various languages and see it referenced many times from the constellation Argo Navis. My husband and I met sailing so the Latin origin of Vela meaning sails or veil is very appealing. ...
carryingwhatever cargo and passengers are available on the date of sailing. The first liners were operated in the North Atlantic, notably bySamuel CunardofBritain, beginning in 1840.Cunardliners continued to be leaders, though soon joined by French, German, U.S., and other ships, subsidized ...
capacity at the expense of speed. By contrast, the fast fighting “long ship” was narrower, faster, and more agile than the tubby cargo ship. Developing as both predator on and protector of maritime trade and coastal cities, it hoisted its sails for cruising but depended on oars when in ...
windmillnoun(n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. windorenoun(n.) A window. windownoun(n.) An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually...