Sentence examples for sailing directly from inspiring English sources

On a run (sailing directly downwind), the only significant geometric parameter is projected sail area.

You seem to be sailing directly into the headwinds of where the American people are".

Arab traders were sailing directly to spice-producing lands before the Christian era.

Why would anyone hire, expand, or invest in a country sailing directly toward a financial crisis?

According to the compass screwed onto the bow, Max was sailing directly for it, due north-northwest, and yet the city lights were growing fainter.

For as Dr. Thomas Pratt and Dr. Brian Sherrod, two earthquake researchers aboard, note, the boat is sailing directly over what some scientists say is the most deadly earthquake threat in the region: the Seattle fault zone.

We both understood that it was always best to sail directly into a storm.

Ships don't sail directly from Haiti to Florida because there aren't enough goods to warrant dedicated routes.

He ordered his four ships abreast and sailed directly at the American line, firing his long-range guns.

Some defectors by boat sail directly from North Korea, but others have sailed from China with the help of human rights activists.

Somehow, the ball cleared the water, sailed directly over the flag stick and came to rest just off the green, 18 feet past the hole.