Sentence examples for first to sail from inspiring English sources

D'Urville was first to sail, first to come home and first to discover new land.

It was left to the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to be the first to sail through the passage, which he did in 1903 05.

Roald Amundsen, the first to sail through the Northwest Passage and the first to reach the South Pole, cited Barrow's boys as his inspiration.

In the 1890's in the Point, Joshua Slocumb built the Spray, a 36-foot sloop in which he became the first to sail around the world solo.

In 1880 the Englishman Leigh Smith made the first of two voyages to Franz Josef Land and was the first to sail a ship there under its own power.

The nine single-handed yachtsmen who set off at different times in 1968, bidding to be the first to sail non-stop around the world, shared knowledge and friendship.

The two most important tasks of icebreakers are first to secure a sailing route by breaking the thick sea ice and second to sail efficiently herself for purposes of exploration and transportation in the polar seas.

The five deals are: 1. Free unlimited open bar; 2. Free Specialty Dining package; 3. Free prepaid service charges for the first and second guest in the stateroom; 4. Free 250 minute WiFi package; 5. Norwegian's Friends & Family Sail Free offer which allows third and fourth guests to sail for free on select dates.

He was accompanied by his wife, Frances Barkley, who became the first European woman to visit the Hawaiian Islands and the first woman to sail around the world without deception.

"The first boat to sail the authenticated course is not the world-record holder," said Reed. "The second boat to sail that course and better that time, after ratification, will then hold the first record".

The first person known to have reached the top was the one-armed explorer John Wesley Powell, who later became the first man to sail a boat through the Grand Canyon.