Sentence examples for behind the boat from inspiring English sources

Downwind legs are essentially straight (and thus don't require lateral resistance from the underwater foils) and the angle to the wind (wind from "behind" the boat) offers enough boat speed to lift the boat from the water.

With a steady, 30 mph wind pushing from behind, the boat slammed into the north side of the north jetty with a force that ripped a hole in the starboard bow.

Trolling the coho fly 20 feet behind the boat,.

You know what they're going to do!" Four skiers fanned out behind the boat.

The motion is due to the continuous release of surface-tension behind the boat.

Maybe the guy who had smoked behind the boat had had the right idea.

They disappeared behind the boat, and soon the smell of marijuana wafted through the air.

The big silky sail streamed behind the boat, slowing it as if it were a parachute.

But Miguel helmed with aplomb, moving the tiller with one leg as he fished behind the boat.

This is wakesurfing, a behind-the-boat sport that employs five-foot (or shorter) surfboards and specially weighted boats that create wakes that mimic an ocean wave.

The dead of high rank were often launched on a boat and burnt, along with the deceased's belongings, leaving little behind but the boat rivets.