sail against the wind

If you’re sailing against the wind today, it may be different tomorrow.

"Sometimes a party must sail against the wind," he said.

They can manoeuvre fairly well, when not sailing against the wind.

We'll have to do quite a lot of tacking to sail against the wind, and that'll eat up our time.

And he was defeated because he sailed against the wind.

Next he pulled the fluttering sail against the wind and caught the boom at the precise moment.

We had to tack 8 times to get there, since we sailed against the wind the whole way.

Reason No. 1. It makes no sense to sail against the wind.

The trouble with such magnificent sailing against the wind is it can make the uninitiated quite sea sick.

A ship that sails against the wind and sailors who don't swear make me nervous somehow.

He crewed on races to Hawaii and learned tricks for sailing against the wind.

This ship sails against the wind, doesn't it?

They sailed against the winds and currents to Biloxi.

He examined the yardarms for soundness and tested each sail against the wind.

Lateen sails made the caravels fast and able to sail against the wind.

"I like to sail against the wind.

If the water is shallow you will need to put it part way down at least if you wish to sail against the wind.

Tack: Change direction sailing against the wind.

But having on her stern such structures as the 30-foot high, square aft-castle made the Mayflower extremely difficult to sail against the wind.

They put about in the night to return to the river, but find that sailing against the wind is impossible, so run eastward with the wind.

His reviewing earned him both respect from his readers and criticism for sailing against the winds of prevailing literary favour.

For Mr. Hirst, the inventory is but another example of how, as an artist and businessman, he has often sailed against the winds.

"The Long Leg" depicts a boat sailing against the wind near Provincetown, Mass.

Although they are simple to construct and manipulate, these square sails, however, present one major problem: they do not allow boats to sail against the wind.

It uses a triangular (lateen) sail, which allows it to sail against the wind.