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  2. And the Ship Sails On - Wikipedia

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    An awful stench rises from the ship's hold and soon it's revealed that a love-sick rhinoceros has been neglected by the ship's crew. The beast is pulled up, washed on deck, and returned to the hold with fresh water and hay. On the third day of the voyage, the passengers discover a crowd of shipwrecked Serbians camped on the deck of the ship.

  3. Ten Thousand Miles Away - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics as given in The Scottish Students' Song Book of 1897 are as follows: [3] Sing Ho! for a brave and a valiant bark, And a brisk and lively breeze, A jovial crew and a Captain too, to carry me over the seas, To carry me over the seas, my boys, To my true love so gay, She has taken a trip on a gallant ship Ten thousand miles away. Refrain

  4. List of large sailing vessels - Wikipedia

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    Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships.

  5. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

  6. Thousands Are Sailing - Wikipedia

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    "Thousands Are Sailing" was one of the inspirations for the graphic novel Gone to Amerikay, by Derek McCulloch and Colleen Doran. [2]The first few seconds of the song serve as a repeating sample in Berry Sakharof's song 'White Noise' (Hebrew: רעש לבן, Ra-ash Lavan), from his 1993 album "Signs of Weakness".

  7. The Band of Holy Joy - Wikipedia

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    The Big Ship Sails (1986) Flim Flam (10-inch mini-LP) More Tales From The City (1987) Flim Flam - no. 8; When Stars Come Out To Play (1987) Flim Flam; The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1988) (cassette) Cause For Concern; Manic, Magic, Majestic (1989) Rough Trade - no. 7; Positively Spooked (1990) Rough Trade; Tracksuit Vendetta (1992) Ecuador

  8. Course (sail) - Wikipedia

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    The course sail is the lowermost sail. In sailing, a course is a type of square sail. It is the sail set on the lowest yard on a mast. The courses are given a name derived from the mast on which they are set, so the course on the foremast may be called the fore-course or the foresail; similarly main-course or mainsail for that carried on the ...

  9. Big Ship - Wikipedia

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    Big Ship, a 1987 extended play by Cardiacs "Big Ship" (Cliff Richard song), 1969 "The Big Ship" (Brian Eno song), a song from the album Another Green World by Brian Eno "Big Ship", a cover of the Cardiacs track by Ultrasound from Leader of the Starry Skies: A Tribute to Tim Smith, Songbook 1 "The Big Ship", a nickname of Australian cricketer ...