Sentence examples for sailing apart from inspiring English sources
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.
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.
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.
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.
Evening found the fleets approximately 10 nautical miles apart, sailing northwest.
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.
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".
Apart from crossing bows with the occasional sailing boat, all you could see, and smell, was the sea and the conifers that blanketed the islands.
The vessel nevertheless was a fully rigged sailing ship, allowing sustained service in areas where coaling stations were far apart.
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