Sentence examples for when sailing from inspiring English sources

One concerns a French couple he met when sailing off Greenland.

The early catamarans tended to have difficulty coming about when sailing to windward, but later designs overcame this.

Getting into the cone when sailing against the current reduces the force of the water on the hulls and can be a large advantage.

In the Netherlands and Belgium small boats fitted to sail had distinctive wing-shaped leeboards pivoted on each side at about amidships, to reduce leeway when sailing to windward.

He is at his most content, perhaps, when sailing off the coast of Maine in a small boat ("I've given up big boats now that I'm in my 80's"), or heading toward a dry martini at 6 o'clock.

New York City's first Roman Catholic cathedral, a landmark Gothic Revival church built in downtown Manhattan two centuries ago, when sailing ships crowded the harbor and DeWitt Clinton was mayor, was elevated to the status of a basilica on Sunday, honoring a rich history of succor to waves of immigrants.

From a practical standpoint, the minimum overall length for a sailing model is 24 inches (61.0 cm) when sailed among other larger models.

At 06:00 on 3 July, Duperré's squadron was cruising off the small island of Mayotta when sails were sighted 36 nautical miles to the north east.

The British blockade fleet under Admiral Lord Bridport had sailed from St Helens on 12 April and on the morning of 21 April was crossing the Iroise Passage when sails were spotted to the east.

When sails were the main source of power, ships coming round Stepper Point would lose the wind, causing loss of steerage, leaving them to drift away from the channel.

Many luxury yachts tie up in Palma when not sailing around the Mediterranean.