sailing in the wind
21off the wind — idi a) away from the wind; with the wind at one s back b) naut. (of a sailing vessel) headed into the wind with sails shaking or aback …
22take the wind out of one's sails — phrasal 1. : to sail to windward of a sailing vessel and so cut off the wind 2. : to frustrate by anticipating (as in argument) or by forestalling (as in action or movement) …
23wind — wind1 [wɪnd] noun 1》 the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current blowing from a particular direction. ↘the rush of air caused by a fast moving body. 2》 breath as needed in physical exertion, speech,… …
24wind — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fierce, harsh, high, stiff, strong ▪ Rain and high winds are forecast. ▪ There was a stiff wind blowing …
25The Wine-Dark Sea — Infobox Book | name = The Wine Dark Sea image caption = First edition cover author = Patrick O Brian country = United Kingdom language = English cover artist = Geoff Hunt series = Aubrey Maturin series genre = Historical novel publisher = Harper… …
26Sailing ship — is now used to refer to any large wind powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a specific rig of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant. In popular usage ship became …
27Wind-powered vehicle — Wind powered vehicles have traditionally been associated with seafaring vehicles that, until the advent of steam engines, relied primarily upon winds which were used to drive the sails of such vehicles to their destinations. In the Western world …
28The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass — North American box art …
29The Maltese Falcon (yacht) — The Maltese Falcon is a clipper sailing luxury yacht owned by American venture capitalist Tom Perkins. It is one of the largest privately owned sailing yachts in the world at 88 metres (289.1 feet), similar to Royal Huisman s Athena and Lürssen s …
30The Last Grain Race — is a 1956 book by Eric Newby, a travel writer, about his time spent on the Moshulu s last voyage in the Australian grain trade. Background to the book In 1938 Eric Newby, at the age of eighteen, signed on as an apprentice of the four masted… …
