Sentence examples for astern from inspiring English sources

The MV Perseus Leader inches into the Miraflores lock on the Panama Canal on her way from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, 80km (50 miles) away, a tug astern braking her bulky progress into the narrow gap.

With his departure star astern and his destination star ahead, he could keep to his course.

In common with the ketch, the forward (main) mast is higher than the mizzenmast, but the mizzenmast of a yawl is placed astern of the rudder post, while that of the ketch is closer amidships.

One of these launches a sound wave from a point close to the keel; the second, a few metres ahead or astern, detects this wave and measures the time required for it to traverse the known distance.

The first known castles are shown amidships or astern on Roman ships, to afford vantage points in sea skirmishes.

Ahead of him is Ger O'Rourke's Dutch-backed Delta Lloyd, which, as ABN Amro 1 won the race last time, but this time 48 miles astern in just 48 hours.

The net gain of 46 seconds was just too big a task for Oracle, which finally crossed the line 47 seconds astern.