point of sailing

It was his best point of sailing and he wanted to see what they would do.

He had no time to spare, the ship was on the point of sailing.

Thus, in lighter winds, it should be kept down on all points of sailing.

"We were on the point of sailing for Amsterdam before your intervention, sir.

In this wind and on this point of sailing the ship was never silent.

They now had the wind about three points abaft the beam - almost their fastest point of sailing.

We are on the point of sailing.

The Ravagers might already have sailed towards their jump zone, or be on the point of sailing.

This was the Golden Bough's best point of sailing.

The ships were within two cables' length of each other, with the wind fresh on the quarter, their best point of sailing.

"This time of year, the wind's mostly out of the northwest, like today, which puts us on our best point of sailing.

And the Lord Nelson was still before the wind, moving heavily - this was one of her many bad points of sailing.

"This seems to be her best point of sailing," he said to Hal, as his son came down to the deck after being relieved at the masthead.

On the two other points of sailing, reaching and running, Conner will only go so far as to concede that his multihull might have the advantage.

"Going to windward isour fastest point of sailing,"Ramagereminded him.

Flying 18 footers can now regularly exceed the actual windspeed when planing on all points of sailing.

I would guess that, even on my best point of sailing, the Golden Bough has at least three knots of speed on me."

'We don't know her heading, or what speed she makes, or what her best point of sailing is.

During the day we all became more confident and learned about another 'point of sailing'-'beating' where you sail at 45 degrees to the wind.

The ship had behaved itself - he called it a ship - and there had been no problems, the helm very easy on all points of sailing.

Her sail filled with a clapand she bore away, coming round with surprising speed and handiness onto her best point of sailing.

Huron would have it full and boisterous on her port beam, with that hull and rigging it was probably her best point of sailing.

It is generally accepted that the whole of the course ought be completed in a race to ensure that all points of sailing are tested by competition.

To Tippoo he said, "We'll try him on a few points of sailing, " to the helmsman beside him, softly, "Put the helm down. "

Black joke rushed on purposefully, but with the wind almost dead astern the dhow trained her long boom around to go on to her best point of sailing.