The boat is sailing close hauled. From LearnThat.org.
The other put out to sea, close-hauled upon the wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2] Reference
Shortened down or everythin 'set, close-hauled or runnin' free. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11] Reference
This was an agreeable change after all our close-hauled tacking in the. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
Hull-down with all sail making, close-hauled with the white-tops breaking. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917] Reference
This was an agreeable change after all our close-hauled tacking in the Channel. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ On the Way to the South] Reference
The yacht was beating north-east, close-hauled, into a stiff breeze from eastwards. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
The early morning found the Wonder laying close-hauled along the coast of Guadalcanar. From Wordnik.com. [A SON OF THE SUN] Reference
Estrella right ahead was still close-hauled on a northerly course under fore and aft canvas. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Hard a-port yet, and get her close-hauled as you can, and the Lord may have mercy on us still!. From Wordnik.com. [Westward Ho!] Reference
Heeling like a close-hauled boat, the floater swerved around a gilded litter with eight bearers. From Wordnik.com. [Exodus From The Long Sun]
Somewhere out in the darkness, sailing close-hauled, was China Cloud, her men at action stations. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
And still we drive south, close-hauled on the wind, toward the inhospitable tip of the continent. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXXII] Reference
Afterwards the wind changed again, but we were still able to lay our course by sailing close-hauled. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen] Reference
The Chrysolite was close-hauled on the starboard tack, and was making good headway under a clinking breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: the Sea] Reference
When close-hauled with any head sea, we scarcely move; a stiff fair wind is what is wanted if we are to get on. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
So, instead of running straight out into the channel, we stood away up the coast, keeping the brig close-hauled. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
She would be close-hauled, while we were going free, so that, of course, it was our place to get out of her way. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Pirates] Reference
Running off before the wind with everything to starboard, he came about, and returned close-hauled on the port tack. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
In a hard wind, making way close-hauled, you needed the strength of both arms to hold the tiller to the desired angle. From Wordnik.com. [Aweigh] Reference
We were sailing a close-hauled tack now, and farther down the coast, I could see the mountains falling away to a plain. From Wordnik.com. [Restoree]
It was only a matter of moments before Clorinda, as close-hauled as she would lie, was thrashing to windward in pursuit. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Choppy blue water stretched to the horizon; in the mid-distance, a small fishing boat ran close-hauled under a lowering sky. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
Full of impossible projects, he strode and staggered up and down, as the ship thrashed close-hauled through the rolling seas. From Wordnik.com. [Westward Ho!] Reference
I went forward, but soon discovered that close-hauled as we were the view was actually better from the quarterdeck, which was higher. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
Tromp with the "Zealand squadron" was making a dogged retreat, working to the south-east, close-hauled on the wind from the north-east. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
The boat was close-hauled on a fresh breeze and the compass indicated that we were just making the course which would bring us to Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 27] Reference
A moderate breeze; all sail to the royals could be carried, although the Hotspur was under topsails, stealing along close-hauled on the port tack. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Dick's wife and her brother, with the children, waved their hands at us as we left the little bay and started on the long run close-hauled to the mainland. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
For us, who had to lie all the time close-hauled to the westward, this had the effect of increasing our western longitude a great deal faster than our latitude. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ From Madeira to the Barrier] Reference
But this was the result of a long evolution, and the typically formal battles fought out by rule in the "close-hauled line ahead" belong to the eighteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
"There's all the difference in the world between six knots, which she's making now close-hauled, and twelve knots, which she'll make when she puts up her helm," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
She was close-hauled, and headed to the southeast. From Wordnik.com. [Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise] Reference
"Yes; she is close-hauled, beating down Channel," observed Clement. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars] Reference
Still on she came, the wind allowing her to be close-hauled to steer towards the rock. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Penguyne Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast] Reference
After that this NW'ly wind will shift round to the West for three hours at which point we'll have to sail close-hauled. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
Though they generally ran before the wind, they were also able to sail on a wind, though probably not very close-hauled. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
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