Sentence examples for ancient sailing from inspiring English sources

They are archetypal forms, little more than riblike frames that remind you of the skeletal remains of ancient sailing vessels recovered during archeological excavation.

The mobiles, or suspended sculptures, don't engage the viewer with the same intensity as the freestanding metal sculptures; they look to me more like roughshod models of ancient sailing vessels.

Drawing parallels between the Vision for Space Exploration and the ambitions behind the ancient sailing ship, he named NASA's new human spaceflight program Constellation.

A few warm hints of spring and we are inspired to unfold our ancient sails and lash them on to our veteran masts.

The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail.

Based on an ancient Egyptian sailing ship, this 66-foot craft has a sail made from hundreds of swatches painted with messages of tolerance and hope by children around the world.

Reports in 1980 suggested that the lake would have "ancient– looking sailing ships".

The Hokulea is a replica of ancient Polynesian sailing canoes; it has no modern instrumentation.

The Long Ya Men served as navigational aids to ancient mariners sailing through the swift waters of the narrow channel between them.

Historically, it represented an important advance over the ancient square sail; it first appeared in the Mediterranean as the lateen sail.

The ancient Greeks sailed into its dazzling turquoise bays and declared the island Kalliste: the Most Beautiful.