Once offloaded - involving another delicate operation to protect the fragile boats - they will sprint into Abu Dhabi to finish.

Recent arrivals come mainly from Haiphong, a trip of three to seven days in fragile boats.

And that was why he would hold his tongue and keep this fragile boat afloat.

Could their fragile boat hold out on a long trip?

He managed to turn the fragile boat with the oar.

This means that even primitive boats, inefficient in design and fragile in structure, can float on the Nile without trouble.

These sheets were kept together by bars of wood, and formed a very fragile boat.

This activity occupied a large part of the activities of local men, from fragile boats and open to the winds, against large sea mammals.

He glinted his teeth at her and gave the fragile boat a great shake.

Plant fashioned a juryrig and coaxed his fragile boat 200 miles to Campbell Island for repairs.