Sentence examples for back of the fleet from inspiring English sources
If Ainslie beats the Dane by one place in a race that counts for double points that would decide it, unless they had sailed each other to the back of the fleet and the third-placed Jan-Pieter Postma of the Netherlands wins.
With two points for each position in the medal race, Ainslie will win gold as long as he finishes ahead of Hogh-Christensen and not at the back of the fleet - as that would allow Postma back in should he win the medal race.
In the 49er class, Pink and Peacock finished at the back of the fleet in two of the day's three races.
Ainslie climbed to second at the first downwind mark but then slipped back to join Hogh-Christensen at the back of the fleet.
Four years later, he famously took on Scheidt in a ferocious duel in the final race, sailing him to the back of the fleet to clinch gold.
He renewed his rivalry with Scheidt and in the final race exploited all of sailing's myriad rules to contain the Brazilian at the back of the fleet.
Cross early, and Ghost will sustain a race-ruining penalty; stay conservative, and she'll be crowded to the back of the fleet a no-can-do option if you've got victory on your mind.
The British duo finished at the back of the 10-boat fleet to slip off the podium, with team-mates Dave Evans and Ed Powys in sixth.
Back home, what was left of the fleet stayed on the ground until 2001, when the airline restarted domestic flights between the capital and Mosul and Basra with its seven functioning Boeings.
Rodney, who was ill, took the rest of the fleet back to England.
