surfmen

But there is still, after so many years of doing this, also a sense of my own smallness, standing in the waves under the stars, casting and hoping, and like surfmen everywhere, ultimately facing the ocean in solitary insignificance.

The Call of the Surf 2009

His own family went back more than two hundred years on Cape Cod, spawning several generations of families all tied to the sea, through service as lighthouse keepers, surfmen in the Lifesaving Service, or fishermen.

SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000

His own family went back more than two hundred years on Cape Cod, spawning several generations of families all tied to the sea, through service as lighthouse keepers, surfmen in the Lifesaving Service, or fishermen.

SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000

New houses were built or the old ones repaired and enlarged; competent men were appointed as keepers, and strict orders given as to the selection of experienced and skillful surfmen as crews; the houses were thoroughly furnished with every appliance requisite in time of disaster, for which the keeper is held responsible.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various

From November 15 until April 15 the keeper and six surfmen live in this house, and take watches, patrolling the beach night and day, meeting halfway between the stations.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various

Since the sea-bordering portions of America in many places are destitute of human habitations, the constant employment of surfmen is required for the express purpose of looking out for vessels in distress and manning the surf-boats.

By Water to the Columbian Exposition Johanna S. Wisthaler

One of the surfmen who had manned the lifeboat seemed to be particularly interested in the rescued boy, for he came into the station several times to ask how he was feeling, and if there was not something more he wanted.

Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast Frank V. Webster

A strict investigation was made, and it was proved by the testimony of the people in Provincetown that all the apparatus was in perfect order and the keepers and surfmen exerted themselves heroically in aid of the doomed vessel, but that she was stranded so far from shore that it was simply impossible to reach her.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various

Yet, thanks to the ability of the steamer captain, and the experience of the surfmen below, the shipping of the women and children was accomplished with but a single accident.

Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast Frank V. Webster

Besides, I've wanted to see the surfmen work their boat, and if it comes on to storm hard, perhaps there may be a necessity for them to launch.

Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast Frank V. Webster