Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The version of the Argo that appears in the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts was modeled after a Greek warship, with shields lining the side of the boat. On either side of the boat are rowers, who are directed how to row through the drumbeat of a leader. A red sail with the head of the golden ram marks the goal of their journey.
Argo is a two-masted staysail schooner that measures 112 feet (34 m) overall and accommodates twenty six students and seven professional crew on ocean voyages. [4] Sailing under the Seamester flag, Argo circumnavigates on 90-day college semester-based programs and shorter 21-day and 60-day programs during the northern hemisphere summer.
When they heard that, they put to sea, and on nearing the rocks let fly a dove from the prow, and as she flew the clash of the rocks nipped off the tip of her tail. So, waiting till the rocks had recoiled, with hard rowing and the help of Hera, they passed through, the extremity of the ship's ornamented poop being shorn away right round.
King's College School Boat Club: Blue with Red tips Kingston Grammar School Boat Club: Red with a thick white stripe The King's School Canterbury Boat Club: White with navy chevrons The King's School Chester Rowing Club: White blades with thin green and blue chevrons. The stripes on the reverse of the blade are vertical. The King's School ...
A small boat used to negotiate between enemies Catboat A sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward (i.e., near the bow of the boat) Clipper A fast multiple-masted sailing ship, generally used by merchants because of their speed capabilities Coastal defense ship A vessel built for coastal defense Cog
USCGC Argo (WPC-100) was a Thetis-class patrol boat belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 12 November 1932 and commissioned on 6 January 1933. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Coast Guard career
The following boats and/or rowing clubs participated: Belgium Royal Club Nautique de Gand (colours: red, yellow and black; red and white oars) Canada Argonaut Rowing Club (colours: light and dark blue) Great Britain Cambridge University Boat Club (colours: light blue) Great Britain Leander Club (colours: cerise)
The Hjortspring Boat is replica of a Danish Iron Age rowing boat. [29] At the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, replicas of Viking ships are built. Various projects for building replicas of the ill-fated RMS Titanic have been proposed over the years.