For example, the word Nippon ( one of the pronunciations of 日本, the name for " Japan " in Japanese ) has either four moras ( ni-p-po-n ), each of the four characters used in the hiragana spelling, にっぽん or three moras ( ni-ho-n ) にほん.

The FA was Nippon Kogaku's first SLR to have shutter priority autoexposure and first to have all four of the now standard PASM exposure modes.

On the same day, following a 5 – 3 win over Nippon Professional Baseball that capped a five-game international sweep by the MLB in the Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series, Howard was named the Series MVP ; he hit. 558 with eight runs, three doubles, four homers and eight RBI.

Japan's biggest shipping line Nippon Yusen and Nippon Oil Corporation said solar panels capable of generating 40 kilowatts of electricity would be placed on top of a 60, 000 tonne car carrier ship to be used by Toyota Motor Corporation.

The island had a primary school, a Shinto shrine, and a single police officer ; it was serviced by a mail ship from Haha-jima once a month, as well as a Nippon Yusen ship once every couple of months.

The first ship known to follow this convention was the Nippon Maru, flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet.

Japan's biggest shipping line Nippon Yusen KK and Nippon Oil Corporation said solar panels capable of generating 40 kilowatts of electricity would be placed on top of a 60, 213 ton car carrier ship to be used by Toyota Motor Corporation.

* ( now ), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 1991 — 2006.

*, a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 2006 onwards

It has headquarters in both Minato, Tokyo, Japan and Osaka, Japan, and they are the majority owners of the Orix Buffaloes baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Usually three or four masted but five masted barques have been built.

The classic ship rig originally had exactly three masts, but four and five masted ships were also built.

* Manchester ( barque ), a four masted British barque

The last large ship to be lost was the four masted windjammer, the SS Paul, carrying a cargo of timber and grounding in a storm in 1925.

* Courses the lowest square sail on each mast — The mainsail, foresail, and the mizzen on a four masted ship ( the after most mast usually sets a gaff driver or spanker instead of a square sail ).

* 2007-Four different " Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModels " tins featuring one of four Special Edition " Megacard " Krakens ( 8 " masted " monsters ), 10 ships, 3 terrain cards, 5 or more crew or treasure cards, 2 dice, complete game rules.

The last large ship to be lost was the four masted windjammer, the SS Paul, carrying a cargo of timber and grounding in a storm in 1925.

Shipbuilding culminated in the 1885s with the construction of the four masted barque John M. Blaikie, which along with the barque Kings County built across the Minas Basin, was one of only two four masted barques ever built in Canada and among the largest wooden sailing vessels built in Canada.

In 1900, the Manchester, a four masted steel hulled cargo ship of 2851 tons with a load of kerosene, went missing at sea between New York and Yokohama.

On 18 January 1874, whilst travelling from Callao, Peru to Dublin, the 845-ton four – masted barque Minnehaha carrying guano was wrecked off Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.

The sailing in the spring of 1610 was Hudson's fourth in four years.

His mother, who had seen little of him for four years, appeared worried about his sailing off by himself for an Orient which, she herself having slight knowledge of it, had to be distrusted.

This service was operated by the Union Steam Ship Company, and the passenger ferries typically operated an overnight service, although in later years the last of these vessels, the Rangatira, operated alternate nights in each direction plus a daylight sailing between Lyttleton up to Wellington on Saturdays ( so as to get a balance of four sailings in each direction, each week ).

The harbor was ice-free from May to November but the sailing season was only four months from June through September.

as well as four sailing ships 1875 / 77.

On October 7, 1985, four hijackers from the Palestine Liberation Front ( PLF ) took control of the liner off Egypt as it was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said, Egypt.

Jochen Schümann, winner of four Olympic medals, was the sports director for the sailing team.

The Chinese severely damaged four Japanese warships — the Japanese flagship Matsushima suffered the worst single-ship loss with more than 100 dead or wounded after being hit by a heavy Chinese round ; Hiei being severely damaged and retired from the conflict ; Akagi suffering from heavy fire and with great loss of life ; Saikyo, the converted liner, urged on by Admiral Kabayama Sukenori despite its lack of offensive armament, had been hit by four 12 inch ( 305 mm ) shells and was sailing virtually out of control as a result — did cosmetic damage to two more, and killed about 180 Japanese sailors and wounded 200 more.

They will take a ship sailing from Boston in four days.

From there he recognised the needs of the seafarers on the four hundred sailing vessels in the Bristol Channel and created the Bristol Channel Mission.

For long voyages, hardtack was baked four times, rather than the more common two, and prepared six months before sailing.

For long voyages, hardtack was baked four times, rather than the more common two, and prepared six months before sailing.

In the 1830s mine manager and engineer said that it could be visited " in boats 30 feet in length, which are propelled in four feet of water by means of sticks projecting from the sides of the level ; and thus may be enjoyed the singular novelty of sailing a few miles underground ".

On the southern shore, the Peloponnesian fleet was sailing in four lines, parallel to the shore.

The event is shared among the four established sailing clubs in Burnham: The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club ( linked to the sailing club with the same name in Cowes, Isle Of Wight ), The Royal Burnham Yacht Club, The Crouch Yacht Club, and The Burnham Sailing Club.

The expedition started well – the Cape of Good Hope was passed, the vessel arrived safely in Canton ( Guangzhou ), the main trading port in China at the time, in September 1732, after 181 sailing days, and trading was carried out successfully, over four months ' time.

Of those nineteen boats with sail numbers less than 100, at least eight are currently sailing, at least four of them having had restorations of varying degrees ; at least one ( no.

Varsity women's basketball began play during the 1993-94 season, while co-ed sailing was elevated to varsity status four years later.

This is based on annals that found Svalbarði four days sailing from Iceland.

There are also outrigger sailing canoes ranging from smaller three or four person canoes to large voyaging canoes.

The distance covered is about ; depending upon weather and the type of ship, the sailing time generally is three, four, or five days.

Rodgers served as the captain of this ship between four and five years, sailing out of Baltimore for various ports in Europe.