Sentence examples for beating to windward from inspiring English sources
Upon leaving Manhattan, the boat struggled to get on track while beating to windward for a week in strong southeasterly winds.
The calculation is based on the optimisation of the time derivative of the distance between boat and target and features a hysteresis condition, which is of particular importance for beating to windward.
In addition, Zhu Yu wrote of watertight bulkhead compartments in the hulls of ships to prevent sinking if damaged, the for-and-aft lug, taut mat sails, and the practice of beating-to-windward.
"No matter what, we need to get to windward of these things".
Faced with the task of getting his unweatherly ship into port, he gave up any idea of beating back up to St. Kitts, which by now was a hundred and fifty miles to windward.
We worked quickly and surely to windward of her wake.
An hour later it was difficult to look to windward; even, sometimes, to breathe.
The latest novel, Look to Windward, focuses on a typical Culture world called Masaq'.
NEKROPOLIS, by Maureen F. McHugh (Eos/HarperCollins, $25), is as tightly focused as "Look to Windward" is sprawling.
Climbing to windward on the strength of a solid righty, Prada was firmly in the lead.
