Sentence examples for sailing thousands from inspiring English sources

Bligh and his companions survived a remarkable journey sailing thousands of kilometers to safety in Timor after being cast adrift, finding their way into the GBR at what is still known as Bligh Boat Entrance and out at Restoration Island.

Those close-ups of Arlen (who had learned to fly in the Canadian Royal Flying Corps), Rogers (who learned to fly during the production) and their comrades are gripping because they are unshakably, unmistakably real: actors filming their own performances, on sets sailing thousands of feet above the ground.

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In Russia it was usually represented as a sailing ship until the 20th century.

In March 1951, the 3rd, 5th, and 8th Companies sailed for Korea, a trip which was fraught with frequent discipline problems as the Rangers continuously got into fights with U.S. Marines on board the troopship while en route.

It appears to be "sailing" across the channel toward 79th Street in Manhattan.

The Periplus Maris Erythraei, an early Greek manual of sailing directions written in the 1st century ad, described sailing routes from the Red Sea (Maris Erythraei) to coastal areas along the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal to eastern India north of the Ganges delta.

There are great hiking opportunities around the two saltwater lakes in Mljet national park and it is possible to hire a sailing boat to reach the 12th-century Benedictine monastery on Melita Island.

This lowered the tide head to Old Ford, and prevented large boats sailing the river until the 15th century.

Pentland enlisted as a private in the AIF on 5 March 1915, sailing for Egypt with the 12th Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT A29 Suevic on 13 June.