Sentence examples for before boats from inspiring English sources

I wanted to hark back to the time before boats became such complex pieces of machinery".

She was then in latitude 48.25 N., longitude 34.33 W. Ten liners, attracted by the Volturno's wireless calls for help, went to the aid of the stricken steamer, but, because of the gale, they were obliged to stand by powerless for hours before boats could be lowered.

The day before, that boat might have carried hundreds of fish back to port.

The day before, the boat had collided with another yacht -- an Italian job -- and nobody wanted a repeat.

Researchers have to arrive before dawn, before the boats come in to land their catches.

More than 1,100 people had died at sea before the boats stopped, Mr Morrison claims.

"I've been nervous, but I'm excited," Booth said shortly before the boats sailed.

But not before the boats and men were stripped, the men to their underpants, the fisherman said.

Before that, boats leaked, engines were unreliable or inflammable, radios crackled, and safety harnesses were not often worn.

Fisherman say they have  also been ordered to strip naked and swim to Israeli ships before their boats are seized.

Hours before the boats set out, the central government hastily banned Fukushima's fishermen from selling 36 types of fish other than octopus and whelk.