Sentence examples for maritime skills from inspiring English sources

"When the fishing industry died a lot of people lost their jobs, but those maritime skills remained in the town.

The Minoans' comparative sophistication and maritime skills kept them protected and at peace for 1,500 years.

A GROUP of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" episodes this summer focused on a man who created a boatbuilding and maritime skills program for Bronx teenagers.

Situated on a peninsula, the city has many waterways on which Vancouverites parade their maritime skills -- kayaking, canoeing, sailing and cruising.

The bridegroom, 37, is the founder and executive director of Rocking the Boat, a youth development organization in the Bronx whose programs include building wooden rowboats and sailboats as well as learning maritime skills and environmental science.

To this end Peter traveled to western Europe, something no Muscovite tsar had ever done; he spent almost a year in Holland and England acquiring mechanical and maritime skills, hiring experts in various fields, purchasing books and scientific curiosities, and carrying on diplomatic negotiations for a crusade against the Turks.

"It shows a lot of maritime skill," said Susan O'Connor, a member of the team from the Australian National University in Canberra.

The Bugis originated in the southwest limb of Celebes, where they were well known for their adventurism and maritime skill.

It developed an early form of writing and used maritime skill to found colonies and a trade empire.

Today, in New York Harbor, an innovative, theme-based high school, funded by the William and Melinda Gates and other progressive foundations, saw the opportunity to organize its curriculum around maritime history, marine science, and marine vocational skills as a context for teaching and learning that was authentic, experiential, and inspiring.

"I didn't come here to build museum pieces," Mr. Vlahovich emphasized as he taught a few young apprentices the venerable skills of maritime carpentry amid the sunshine and tang of the bay.