Sentence examples for sail closer from inspiring English sources

Cruise ships, which typically sail closer to shore, have a more squarish profile for larger passenger loads.

But the ship seemed to be maneuvering in a way that would force the Nassau to sail closer to Yemen, where several speed boats were clearly visible.

The Sappho "could sail closer to the wind than any other yacht on runners," said an article in The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle in 1879.

Both masts are square-rigged (the defining characteristics of a brig), which means that the yards, the horizontal spars from which the sails are set, can be set square to the centerline of the ship as well as angled, or "braced up sharp," to sail closer to the wind.

A more plausible explanation for the government's decision to sail closer to this "rock" than some think wise is that it is seeking also to avoid the "hard place" towards which these selfsame critics would have them steer: a sovereign debt crisis.

The Dutch ships of the allied fleet managed to sail closer to the wind and faster than the rest of the force, and slipped between the Swedes and the coast, snatching the weather gage.

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Well, not quite, but they did sail close to rock cabaret at times.

At times, though, they must sail close to it in seeking to challenge the executive, whether king or Home Office.

Small businesses sail close to the wind to avoid it (and I do my best to help them).

Galleon's traders were encouraged to sail close to the wind as one put it, you "get an edge or you're gone".