Seeing our shattered state, a boat manned by red-capped seamen came out from the Egyptian harbour to learn if we needed help.

Dozens of boats manned by Israeli citizens took the water at the weekend in protest at the aid flotilla.

There are several categories of Olympic sailing, from windsurfers to boats manned by three people.

From it boats manned by natives were constantly putting off, bringing supplies to the ship.

The ships had now dropped anchor and a small boat manned by six or seven sailors rowed out from one of them towards the shore.

A fleet of small boats manned by locals, who until then had surrounded the brig at a distance, immediately came forward.

Towropes had been attached to the doomed Patagonia, and a number of small boats manned by oarsmen were standing ready, waiting for a signal.

To those who remained they left four boats, manned by volunteers from the destroyers' crews.

Drury sent out a boat manned by volunteers and under the command of an officer, to harass the attacker.

So successful was he that he soon acquired a new craft: a 300-ton boat, manned by 350 men.