Sentence examples for sail apart from inspiring English sources

The characteristic of the square sail, apart from its shape, is that it always presents the same face to the wind, though the yard may pivot considerably about the mast.

In the decades that astronomers have debated the fate of the expanding universe -- whether it will all end one day in a big crunch, or whether the galaxies will sail apart forever -- aficionados of eternal expansion have always been braced by its seemingly endless possibilities for development and evolution.

This, he hoped, could be fastened over the holes in the hull to lessen the inflow of water, but the jagged iron debris protruding from the hull quickly tore the sail apart.

Saladin was long dead and the Knights Templar were still clinging onto the Lebanese coast in 1280, their seafront fortresses placed a day's sailing apart, since the hinterland was now in "enemy" hands.

I saw that we were going to be overturned and was about to untie myself from the boat when the sail ripped apart and disappeared downwind".

So most of the people who sailed with me, apart from a few adventurers and many Saints returning for a visit or permanently, had a special reason to visit.

Evening found the fleets approximately 10 nautical miles apart, sailing northwest.

By 1967, Martin's sailing loft was falling apart.

The boat comes apart quickly — sails folded and bagged, lines coiled, rudder and tiller lashed in the cockpit.

The tape can get wet and fall apart when you sail your raft so don't ignore this step.

All sorts of excitement beyond the sailing itself is planned for Weymouth this coming fortnight — which is just as well, given that it will be hard to see much of the sport, apart from bobbing sails, from the shore.