Sentence examples for sail only from inspiring English sources

"To the extent I had the time and interest, I wanted to sail only in the new boats".

Among small craft of the Mediterranean, combination rowing and sailing boats were once typical, rather than boats built to sail only, but in modern times engines have almost completely replaced sails.

Square sails drive the craft forward by the pressure of the wind on the afterside of the sail only; with fore-and-aft sails, both sides may be used for forward propulsion.

Several companies offer river cruises, though the open wooden boats once used to ferry barrels of port to larger boats in the open sea now set sail only for a yearly race on June 24, St. John's feast day.

Not to criticize a beautiful thing before it even sets sail — only a cruel, heartless jerk would find fault with a project that deals, in part, with curing cancer, mind you — but this is worth pointing out.

In November Tripoli's coast guard openly admitted to the BBC that it allowed migrants to set sail, only interfering if a boat runs into trouble - often too late to save lives.

According to the Farr 40 class rules, the onboard pros (in the 10-person crew, just 4 are allowed) can call tactics and trim sails, but only the boat's owner is permitted to steer.

Of the 13 ships that sailed, only three returned.

Sailing, only 6,449 of the 21,000-plus available -- only 30percentt.

His sister sailed only recreationally, so he lacked sibling rivalry.

The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail.