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Example sentences for "light winds"

  • More cut away forward and with greater rake of sternpost, big body and large sail-area, long counter and straight stem, nothing could touch her in light winds.

  • She has proved herself a clever boat in all weathers, and in light winds particularly so.

  • A fine, seaworthy craft, fast in a breeze, but not so good in light winds owing to the absence of a sky-scraper.

  • I have hitherto thought that, in light winds, the Emerald has not her match afloat; yet you are stealing through my lee as if we were at anchor.

  • Large oars used on board ships of war in a calm, either to assist the rudder in turning them round, or to propel them ahead when chasing in light winds.

  • The sudden jerk of the sails in light winds and a heavy swell.

  • The agitation of a sail with sheet or tack carried away, or the sudden jerk of the sails in light winds and a heavy swell on.

  • This operation is performed when, instead of coming to, you are taken aback in light winds.

  • A small sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a sky sail.

  • The prevalence of light winds made it noon before we got on board, when I found that in consequence of the tides approaching the springs and falling 12 instead of 6 feet, it had been necessary to move the ship farther off.


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