Sentence examples for sailing orders from inspiring English sources

Bounty left London on 15 October 1787, and after being delayed at Spithead awaiting final sailing orders was held up by more bad weather; it was 23 December before the ship was finally away.

De Grasse had ordered the ships to form into a line as they exited the bay, in order of speed and without regard to its normal sailing order.

He rents a space in a mooring field managed by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, which ordered all its tenants to remove their boats in advance of the storm.

"Psychologically for the team, it was important to go out sailing in order to restart and focus on our end," said Francesco Longanesi Cattani, a spokesman for the team, in an interview Sunday.

On July 20, with some transports almost ready to sail, new orders arrived that countermanded the previous ones.

Many of the passengers, including a contingent from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, were also sailing in order to attend the dedication of the Hebrew University at Mount Scopus by former British Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour.

Constitution arrived in Boston on 27 July and remained there just long enough to replenish her supplies; Hull sailed without orders on 2 August to avoid being blockaded in port.

Last October, after Farrell chose to manage the Red Sox and was, in effect, traded to Boston from Toronto, it was difficult not to pity the man for stepping off what looked like a remodeled cruise ship about to set sail in order to board a looming Titanic.

If there is a light wind, you may find that you have to lean towards the sail in order to achieve this.

The government refused to agree to facts or respond to court orders, sailing dangerously close to contempt.

(Sailing in reverse order on April 1).