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  • "A pad piziness," the boat-steerer reiterated, dolorously, in the silence which followed.

    The Lost Poacher 2010

  • It was a glorious morning, but our boat-steerer shook his head ominously as he glanced at the rising sun and prophetically muttered: "Red sun in the morning, sailor take warning."

    Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan 2010

  • I never let on, and arranged the affair with Johnny, my boat-steerer.

    THE PRINCESS 2010

  • "Und be politeful!" the German boat-steerer added, his rough voice lifting across the water like a fog-horn.

    The Lost Poacher 2010

  • With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert -- a glance at the schooner ahead, as we rose on a sea, another at the mainsheet, and then one astern where the dark ripple of the wind on the water told him of a coming puff or a large white-cap that threatened to overwhelm us.

    Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan 2010

  • With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert -- a glance at the schooner ahead, as we rose on a sea, another at the mainsheet, and then one astern where the dark ripple of the wind on the water told him of a coming puff or a large white-cap that threatened to overwhelm us.

    Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan 2010

  • The first struck fifty feet to windward of the boat, the second alongside; and at the third the boat-steerer let loose his steering-oar and crumpled up in the bottom of the boat.

    Chapter 25 2010

  • The hunter and boat-puller were both lying awkwardly in the bottom, but the boat-steerer lay across the gunwale, half in and half out, his arms trailing in the water and his head rolling from side to side.

    Chapter 25 2010

  • It was a glorious morning, but our boat-steerer shook his head ominously as he glanced at the rising sun and prophetically muttered: "Red sun in the morning, sailor take warning."

    Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan 2010

  • Louis, the boat-steerer, had already begged me for condensed milk and sugar.

    Chapter 9 2010

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