Sentence examples for steer a vessel from inspiring English sources

Bill Clinton got on board: "Since we're all in the same boat, we should choose a captain of our ship who is a brave, good man, who knows how to steer a vessel through troubled waters to the calm seas and the clear skies of our more perfect union".

Only this March, a company based on Cape Cod, Savant Systems, listed Jobs as the lead inventor on a patent application covering the idea of using a tablet like the iPad to steer a sea vessel.

One was Captain McVay, who was court-martialed soon after the war and found guilty of endangering his vessel by failing to steer a zigzag course to avoid torpedoes.

That means many commercial vessels sailing to and from the Suez Canal will have to sail in convoy with navy protection and steer a time-consuming course from Somali territorial waters.

"Steer a little to the right.

What is the leadership necessary to steer a quality program?

Can you steer a hot air balloon?

Lopez climbed atop it, a valiant captain trying to steer his vessel to safety against the curse of El Niño, but the bed traveled a good 30 feet.

He had steered his vessel, a rectangular flat-bottomed outboard, from a dock in St. Bernard Parish, navigating among the roseau cane and black mangroves.

Some hours later, the Italian captain told rescuers he could no longer steer the vessel.

– but it's amazing what the team behind the QEF Jubilee has achieved; even severely disabled people can crew and steer the vessel along the canals.