Sentence examples for on sailing from inspiring English sources

The index-fund giant is so hooked on sailing that one ad in a glossy magazine reads, "While many fund companies are learning the ropes of indexing, consider who built the rigging".

Dr. Ogilvy's books on sailing included three on one-design racing, the term for classes of boats, like Stars, in which all boats meet identical specifications.

Overlooking the city, the hill is honeycombed with limestone caves at one time used to store ice imported from San Francisco on sailing ships (thus giving it the alternate name of "IceBox Hill").

Mr. Stowe went on sailing alone.

After that, he carried on sailing for eight more years.

King wrote two volumes of autobiography and books on sailing.

The mosquitoes bred easily in the casks that provided drinking water on sailing ships.

It only does this on sailing dates of the North German Lloyd Express liners.

During his studies, he served as a semi-professional hand on sailing ships.

"The brochures show kids on sailing vessels, blue seas and white sands," she said.

Or you could take to the seas on the Tall Ships Adventure (023-9283 2055; tallships.org), which is a seven-night hands-on sailing trip around the Canary Islands on a traditional brig.