Sentence examples for On sailing from inspiring English sources

On sailing yachts the consumption of electrical power is very restricted during long cruises because of low battery capacities.

Dr. Ogilvy's books on sailing included three on one-design racing, the term for classes of boats, like Stars, in which all boats meet identical specifications.

Overlooking the city, the hill is honeycombed with limestone caves at one time used to store ice imported from San Francisco on sailing ships (thus giving it the alternate name of "IceBox Hill").

Mr. Stowe went on sailing alone.

Rebecca Mead on sailing in Weymouth.

After that, he carried on sailing for eight more years.

King wrote two volumes of autobiography and books on sailing.

The mosquitoes bred easily in the casks that provided drinking water on sailing ships.

We decided on sailing but, being prudent, went on a test run first without the children.

The research explained in this paper was carried out to investigate the efficiency of different steering systems on sailing yachts.

Or you could take to the seas on the Tall Ships Adventure (023-9283 2055; tallships.org), which is a seven-night hands-on sailing trip around the Canary Islands on a traditional brig.