pinnace

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Whereupon we wore and brought too, and sent away the Pinnace and Yawl to direct us clear of the Shoals, and then stood after them.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

Accordingly in the Morning I set out in the Pinnace for the Northermost and largest of the 3, accompanied by Mr. Banks.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

Major Stephen Sewall who attended with a Fishing Shallop, and the Fort Pinnace, offered to go in pursuit of them, and Captain John Turner, Mr. Robert Brisco, Capt.

From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye

Early in the morning I sent the Pinnace and Yawl again to the Reef, as I did not intend to weigh until half Ebb, at which time the Shoals began to appear.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

Steam Pinnace No. 110.When tried     August 3, 1881.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various