Sentence examples for under sail from inspiring English sources

"under sail" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a vehicle, such as a boat or ship, that is actively travelling using its own sails, rather than relying on an engine. For example, "The yacht sailed majestically under sail across the bay."

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under sail

adjective

With sails unfurled; powered by the wind.

Exact(60)

Sailing vessel means any vessel under sail provided, if propelling machinery is fitted, it is not being used.

Cornell University

The three expeditions were entirely under sail.

The New York Times - Books

We learn to pick up a mooring under sail by picking up a mooring under sail.

The New York Times

The Passage to be Made Direct Under Sail.

The New York Times

203, related to vessels proceeding under sail when also propelled by machinery.

Cornell University

Masthead is a ship under sail between clusters of a half dozen barrels.

The New Yorker

If I couldn't get to Whitehaven under sail, I didn't want to get there at all.

The New York Times - Travel

Under sail, it had once covered 330 miles in 24 hours.

The New York Times

He is the sort of man who likes to travel under sail, not by motor.

The New York Times

He ditched college for work as a seaman, circling the globe under sail.

The Washington Post

He said that such a boat "would be very exciting on the river under sail".

The New York Times - Arts

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