-
three masts to enable her
to work to windward in
strong winds. Her hull was
pierced for 16
small guns, but she
usually carried only four
to six 18-pounder...
-
expected to engage in
fighting in line-of-battle, but
rather often found themselves engaged in long
chases or
attempts to work to windward. It was often...
- "Sasha", the
girlfriend of Jess Mariano's
estranged father as part of the
Windward Circle backdoor pilot which did not go forward. Fenn did not
return as...
-
Windward Heights (French: La
migration des cœurs, lit. The
Migration of Hearts) is a
novel by
Maryse Condé,
written in
French and
first published in 1995...
- in 1739 and the
Windward Maroons in 1740,
which required them
to support the
institution of slavery. The
importance of the
Maroons to the
colonial authorities...
-
themselves willing to intervene,
sometimes forcefully, in
other civilizations to make them more Culture-like. Much of Look
to Windward is a
commentary on...
- (starting with a beat or
work to windward from the
starting line
to the top,
weather or
windward mark, a
first reaching leg
to the wing mark (also known...
- Gambia): 4.8%
Upper Guinea (Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea and
Sierra Leone): 4.1%
Windward Coast (Liberia and
Ivory Coast): 1.8% Gold
Coast (Ghana and east of Ivory...
-
initially also
covered Trinidad,
British Guiana, the
Leeward Islands and the
Windward Islands. It was
later divided on the
retirement in 1841/2 of the first...
- Line) as
Windward. In 1998 she was
lengthened at
Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven,
Germany and
renamed Norwegian Wind. In 2007 she was
transferred to the fleet...
