Sentence examples for sailors setting from inspiring English sources

There is possible evidence of foreign sailors setting up home in the north-west Highlands after their ships foundered off the Scottish coast.

The Sunday Times did not want to sponsor someone for the first non-stop solo circumnavigation only to have them beaten by another sailor, so the paper hit upon the idea of a sponsored race, which would cover all the sailors setting off that year.

Twenty-four setlout set out Nov. 9 in the nonstop race that starts and ends in the French port of Les Sandes-d'Olonne and covers nearly 25,000 miles.

Having been kept in the dark over their mission but trained in an amphibious landing, Burn and more than 600 men – army commandos and Royal Navy sailors – set sail from Falmouth on 27 March 1942, and found themselves headed for St Nazaire.

The revival of the 1944 Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comusicalolph Green musical will feature Tony Yazbeck (of the "Gypsy" and "A Chorus Line" revivals) as Gabey, Justin Bohon ("Oklahoma!") as Chip and Christian Borle ("Legally Blonde") as Ozzie — the three sailors set loose on shore leave in New York.

In the 6,000 or so years since the first sailors set fabric off a spar to harness the wind's pure energy, the art and science of sailmaking has evolved from a rudimentary, needle-and-thread endeavor to a high-tech business.

After a peace treaty in Europe in 1748, the return of some 80,000 newly unemployed soldiers and sailors set off fear of a crime wave and a fresh law-and-order panic, prompting the toughest anti-gin legislation to date in 1751.

The "Battle Of Mindil" is a major highlight of the regatta; sailors set out to be the first to find a hidden object as random as a broken emergency radio beacon, a six-pack of beer, or a wooden chest and are allowed to attack other boats with water guns and flour.

Open one end and slip the goods inside before the sailors set sail.

The character who speaks the opening line appears to be a sailor setting out on a solo voyage around the world.. Or his voyage might be a hoax: he could be staging the event from a media center in a basement or a garage.

It is where the Queen of Sheba had her legendary palace, Alexander the Great his headquarters, and from where Sinbad the Sailor set sail in a dhow.