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They are often found in very large schools above the reef.

In any case, the most important point is to reef before you need to.

Working on this long reef could certainly be a great experience.

Get over the side onto the reef an' see how she looks.

I'm going down now to see how deep the water is inside the reef.

They may not be the same reefs we see, but they're just like them.

They are more common in the southern part of the reef.

Only 12 percent of the reefs are at low risk.

There are more than 6,000 individual reefs in the system.

He loved to run just off a bad reef with the light behind him.

More than 520 species of fish live on the reef.

A reef is a place in the sea where fish live.

Perhaps the water within the reefs did not hold fish.

However there are no reefs off, or running East from this point.

How long it takes them to clear the island and get through the reef.

These things had small comfort for him when he saw the reef.

Once she's clear of the reef, she'll start to go down.

Most of the reefs are generally thought to be in good health.

A reef is found outside the southern side of the mouth.

The reef continues around to the north side of the island.

He'd never gone to the ocean side of the reef.

"See if I'm still with you when we get to the reef."

These we must fight, also any who remain upon the reef.

I'd rather not take off over the reef in the dark, anyway.

But with reefs 90 minutes to four hours away, his catch is down.

"I'll get some practice reefing the main a bit later."

The pilot reefed his fighter into a tight right turn.

It can be shortened or let out by reefing ropes.

Cars 1367 and 1368 were reefed in February 2008.

The Russian was still reefing from the massive punch of the shotgun.

With the wind coming off the coast, the sail was dropped and reefed neatly.

Most of them were reefed - scrapped at sea.

In any case, a boat should be reefed if the wind is likely to cause it to heel beyond 25 degrees.

Days were lost as sails were reefed to slow their passage.

"Well, yes," he admitted, "that does seem to have reefed me in a little.

And they're probably reefed down, too; you know what merchantmen are like at night.'

The boat pulled in to the island; a handsome white man reefed the sail and climbed out.

"He was lost reefing sail in the storm," Pa lied.

Now top men were high on both the fore and main masts, reefing sails.

This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship.

There she was, five miles out, her courses carefully reefed, and her steam half up.

Hidden by them, he sat up and reefed the sail, then looked back for the last time at the perimeter of the lagoon.

Sail first reefed, soon struck, stays nonetheless gave way and the mast went.

When young Winn reefed down so suddenly, he received a surprise.

A criticism is that the boats need to be reefed in relatively lower winds, when heading to the wind.

The main course and topsail could be reefed.

The concept was a relatively light dinghy with a large sail area that could easily be reefed.

"Because after I was damaged and reefing off into space, someone actually communicated with me, a simulated female voice.

Specially cut sails are not essential, as when reefed the sail is shaped by the bearing system.