She could outsail her square-rigged pursuers, and she did. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
“It is a losing race,” he said; “no ship can outsail death.”. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Who'd have looked for a garbled story of our misfortunes to outsail us?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
We soon perceived that she could outsail our brig and if the wind held would escape. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
"The Curlew is about even with her, but they ain't one o 'them that can outsail her.". From Wordnik.com. [The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories] Reference
So, while the Collins ships continued steadily to outsail the Cunarders and got the bulk of the passenger traffic, the. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Ship Subsidies] Reference
"I can outsail any boat in the fleet when you are ashore.". From Wordnik.com. [The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder] Reference
Nothing on the coast could outsail the sloop, he was sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Buccaneer] Reference
"But you still think the Sea Foam can outsail the Skylark?". From Wordnik.com. [The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder] Reference
"It is a losing race," he said; "no ship can outsail death.". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
"Captain Blastblow is confident that he can outsail the Sylvania.". From Wordnik.com. [Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi] Reference
Drake knew no ship afloat could outsail his swift little craft; and the. From Wordnik.com. [Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward] Reference
I can outsail you in light winds -- and I really don't care what I do now. From Wordnik.com. [Yorke The Adventurer] Reference
Kolgrim waxed very wroth when it became plain that these could outsail us. From Wordnik.com. [King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet] Reference
"They say she will outsail anything between here and Gibraltar, in any wind.". From Wordnik.com. [The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus] Reference
November he was deserted by Martin Pinzon, whose ship could always outsail the others. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
What d'ye say, men? "turning to his officers;" let's outsail her, or be shot to chips. From Wordnik.com. [Israel Potter] Reference
Richard Branson and Ben Ainslie try to outsail storm in Cross-Atlantic Challenge adonnante. From Wordnik.com. [Brits at their Best] Reference
We shall then outsail everything, go where we like unsuspected, and land our cargo with ease. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cutters] Reference
The skipper of the Goldwing did not expect to outsail the Missisquoi under his present short sail. From Wordnik.com. [All Adrift or The Goldwing Club] Reference
Other privateers were huge three-masters, carrying heavy batteries, and able to outsail any of the enemy's ships. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
Curlew 'can give him points, and outsail that great hulk anywhere. ". From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
No wonder they outsail us when the wind can blow through our canvas. ". From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Stone] Reference
"No, let Dalfin and the lady rest in peace until we know if they outsail us. From Wordnik.com. [A Sea Queen's Sailing] Reference
“If the wind wasn’t against us,” Odysseus said, “the Penelope would outsail them easily. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
"My reply to that is, that our vessel must be made of sufficient size and strength to outsail them. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference
My bark should soon outsail the tide. From Wordnik.com. [Row on] Reference
Why, she looks as if she was going to outsail all creation! ". From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Salem] Reference
"The St. Regis is not the only one that can outsail the Raven. From Wordnik.com. [A Victorious Union] Reference
"As I don't believe the vessel floats that can outsail the Bellevite. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
"Now he finds that he can't outsail us he has got on to easy working canvas. From Wordnik.com. [One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo] Reference
1708 tons, built for running, and, with a fair wind, it will outsail any man-of-war afloat. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852] Reference
You certainly can outsail any airship. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
There is nothing can outsail that schooner. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
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