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unballasted
unˈballasted, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] 1. Of vessels: Not ballasted or rendered steady by ballast.1657 F. Cockin Div. Blossomes 22 And such a heart, like an unballast'd Ship, Is turned o'r with e'ry breath of wind. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §31. 472 These have cut off the most excellent Fulcrum of...
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Dovekie 21
Best features: Dovekie feels like a big skiff under sail, and is fairly stable both underway and at anchor, especially considering her light, unballasted
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unballassed
† unˈballassed, ppl. a. Obs. Also 7 vnballac't, -aced. [un-1 8.] = unballasted.1606 Bp. Hall Heaven upon Earth §25. 185 A light, vnballaced vessell, that rises and falls with euery wave. 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 25 As vnballac't ships are rockt and tost With tumbling Waues. 1694 Addison...
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unballast
▪ I. † unˈballast, ppl. a. Obs. [var. of prec. Cf. Du. ongeballast.] = unballasted.1622 T. Scott Belg. Pismire Pref., I have..saved much I might have lost, had I ventured any thing in so light, weake, and vnbalast a bottom. 1655 W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. 275 The opinion of others, whose breath of a...
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Archibald Logan
The prototype for the Patiki unballasted centreboard sailing dinghy. This was commissioned in 1898 by the newly formed Parnell Sailing Club.
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Drascombe Lugger
They are unballasted, open boats. But they come with such good manners and are endowed with so much enjoyment you may find yourself heading that way.
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Spritsail
Barges are unballasted and, if overpressed, will heel excessively and must be pulled to wind.
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Leeboard
disadvantage, where there is an inadequate fixed keel, is that they typically ship (bear) little ballast, which being on the far side delays the onset of unballasted
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Glaser-Dirks DG-100
DG-100 Club / Club DG
An unballasted, fixed gear version with a gross weight of 385 kg / 849 lb..
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New South Wales Z19 class locomotive
Driven slowly, they could negotiate the most appalling curves and badly maintained or unballasted tracks.
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Tamping machine
But through tunnels and bridges with no ballast to tamp, special measures are needed to transition from the ballasted track to the unballasted track.
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Ernest Dowson
He had the pure lyric gift, unweighed or unballasted by any other quality of mind or emotion."
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Warren railway line
Current state
The line is unballasted which causes severe speed restrictions over the entire branch.
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Jorehaut Provincial Railway
Technically this line was not a very difficult one to construct, being unballasted, with the sharpest curve of radius and a ruling gradient of 1 in 800
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Central Ohio Railroad
A struggle to operate
The poorly constructed line had an unballasted roadbed, and damage to engines and cars due to derailments was expensive and frequent
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