Sentence examples similar to sail fleet from inspiring English sources

From the 19th century until World War II, Mariehamn served as the centre of a sailing fleet engaged in grain trade with Australia.

A new Olympic slate of classes for 2016, proposed last fall by the International Sailing Federation, or ISAF, has turned the traditional sailing fleet on its head in the hope of attracting young viewers and higher television ratings and created a sort of X Games for sailing.

Because the economy of the Netherlands was booming in the 17th century, thanks to a sailing fleet that could bring gold from the Americas, spices from Asia and carpets from the Ottoman Empire, there was a surge in the number of middle-class Dutch who could afford to buy or commission works of art.

Last of the Portuguese sail fishing fleet, the Gazela harvested cod on the Grand Banks until 1969.

Villeneuve decided to sail the fleet out before his successor arrived.

Morard de Galles planned to sail his fleet from the French naval fortress of Brest under cover of darkness, on the night of 15 16 December.

Matthew C. Perry of the United States sailed a fleet of gunships into Edo (now Tokyo) Bay and forced the Japanese to allow U.S. merchants into their country.

The next year, they sailed a fleet of DIY rafts down the Hudson.

The brothers set sail with the fleet on April 2, 1595, and navigated the voyage with the aid of sailing directions written by the Dutch explorer Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.

Assessing the relative performance and appropriate race tactics of competitive yacht designs led to the development of a fleet sail racing simulation tool - Robo-Race .

Over one million people watched the 42-ship fleet sail into the bay.