Sentence examples for strong sailors from inspiring English sources

"They are four strong-minded, physically strong sailors, they knew they were in difficulties and had every opportunity to get into the life raft which would have had provisions for several days.

It takes a dozen strong sailors to haul Mariquita's 500-pound gaff to the top of the mainmast, dragging hundreds of pounds of sailcloth up with it.

He knows there are younger, taller and stronger sailors desperate to wreck his dream of a fourth successive gold medal.

Gin was a drink for strong men, mainly sailors on shore leave.

And that, like the sailors, the miners were stronger together.

The ship's 350-strong company of sailors and Royal Marines is bracing itself to rescue a further 3,000.

They extolled a very private, modest but strong man, a sailor in total command in a storm, a painter of beloved places in Ireland, Wales and, especially, Liverpool.

The Spaniards who visited in the 16th century called this place las Islas Encantadas - 'the Enchanted Islands' - ships drifted out of sight of the islands because of the strong currents, and the sailors assumed it was the land that was vanishing and not the ships that were moving.

A group of 200-strong women in sailor uniforms – enormous white hats perched jauntily on heads – practise a drum routine, twirling drumsticks in gloved hands.

The most eagerly awaited announcement was in the 49er class, traditionally a strong Olympic event for British sailors.

Before they left Santo Domingo, local sailors warned that strong Gulf currents flowed east and would tug the ships toward the Florida straits unless they corrected for it.