in a seamanlike manner

'It was one of those upright things that caught me as I tried to come over the side in a seamanlike manner.

He flemished down the offending slab-line in a seamanlike manner and walked back to the quarterdeck.

When that is done you will feed them in a seamanlike manner and stow them where the lambs were: you may ask Chips or the bosun for anything you need.

The Sirius and the Nereide carried out their warps undisturbed as the sun set over Mauritius, and they settled down to heaving her off in a seamanlike manner.

Thus if a vessel shows flag A it is your responsibility to keep well clear in the understanding that divers are down, your action is to avoid collision and also act in a seamanlike manner.

In forty-seven minutes the Cornélie had plucked both herself and her long-boat free, had stowed it on the booms in a seamanlike manner and had begun her pursuit of the Nutmeg.