Sentence examples for sail rapidly from inspiring English sources

In the ninth race of the 11-race series, Ainslie was straining as he rocked his boat and pumped the sail rapidly while trying to overtake Pieter-Jan Postma in first place.

Neptune was barque-rigged, but her twin funnels were so close to the mainmast that the sails and rigging rapidly deteriorated in service.

Steam powered vessels came into regular use and rapidly replaced sailing vessels, transforming fishing for bottom-living species.

Federer closed out the set with a forehand that clipped the net but was still moving rapidly enough to sail past Safin for a clear winner.

Meikle also devised a method for rapidly furling the sails of windmills to prevent damage from storms.

As will a rapidly changing Extreme Sailing Series (ESS), a GC32 circuit still developing direction and objectives, and a re-organised America's Cup World Series (ACWS), which opens its doors to the public in Portsmouth later this month.

At 03 30 on 16 October, another sail was spotted to the southwest, rapidly revealed to be a second British frigate, the 38-gun HMS Ethalion under Captain James Young.

At 20 years of age he was a successful portraitist in New York City and in 1760, through the assistance of friends, he sailed for Italy, where Neoclassicism was rapidly gaining ground.

After 1860 the Clydeside shipyards specialised in steamships made of iron (after 1870, made of steel), which rapidly replaced the wooden sailing vessels of both the merchant fleets and the battle fleets of the world.

Shortly after the French order to set sail was abandoned, the British fleet began rapidly approaching once more.

In August 1704, an Anglo-Dutch invasion force sailed into the Bay of Gibraltar and rapidly overcame the poorly manned garrison.