(The revelation of the captain's secret weapon - a set of speedy sails called "the ladies" and shaped like a woman's "undergarment of fantastic size" - is the one incongruous and laugh-out-loud moment in the book).
Beneath the world's most memorable roof, visitors will find six performance venues seating a total of 5,738 people lined in white birch plywood and brush box glulam, and outside, a great public square, a fine restaurant under a smaller set of sail-like roofs, and, of course, one of the most compelling views any city in the world has to offer. .
The schooner, though aged, was by no means obsolete, it had a small, rusty canon mounted on the forward deck and a spare set of sails, complete except for the flying jib, which had been premepted by one of the sailors who had lost his trousers while spear fishing.
A Marblehead, Mass., man, who built the Vireo for his 12-year-old daughter, wanted $850 for it, which included a new set of sails.
Since then I've bought a new set of sail bags emblazoned with my initials.
The Admiralty initially specified that the ship should be capable of 15 kn, and have a full set of sails for world-wide cruising range.
Foudroyant was flying a full set of sails and therefore suffered severe damage to its rigging in the opening exchange, the additional speed provided by this rig forcing Foudroyant to move ahead of the French vessel.
He was the sort of man who didn't think to bring a transmitter, refused to carry an extra set of sails and used corroding paint cans to hold his water supply.
A college whose specialty was courses in Labor I, Injustice VIII, and the theory of over throw might turn out as flashy a set of Tories as ever trimmed a sail.
Passed as a set of two bills -- the first sailed through last week, the second on Tuesday -- the law marks a significant victory for labor groups and other advocates for retail and low-wage workers.
