outsail


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outsail

(ˌaʊtˈseɪl)
vb (tr)
to sail better than
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Verb1.outsail - sail faster or better than; "They outsailed the Roman fleet"
outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
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Two of those boats (which by our glasses we could see were English) outsailed the rest, were near two leagues ahead of them, and gained upon us considerably, so that we found they would come up with us; upon which we fired a gun without ball, to intimate that they should bring to: and we put out a flag of truce, as a signal for parley: but they came crowding after us till within shot, when we took in our white flag, they having made no answer to it, and hung out a red flag, and fired at them with a shot.
Fast as the Reindeer could sail, the junk outsailed her; and to avoid running her down I hauled a little closer on the wind.
The third HMS Coventry was involved in many skirmishes with the French between 1757 and 1783, the 560 tonne vessel could outsail and outgun bigger ships with ease, but was eventually captured and taken into the French navy.
Alarmed and awakened, corporate executives and corporate boards began trimming ship and preparing either to repel the Blackbeards or outsail them.
Illingworth bought a local yacht, Rani, enlisted a crew that included serving RN officers based at Garden Island and local yachties, and went on to outsail the fleet in a tough sail south in the Tasman Sea, winning both line honours and first place on corrected time.
Illingworth bought a local yacht, Rani, enlisted a crew that included serving RN officers based at Garden Island and some local yachties, and went on to outsail the fleet in a tough sail south in the Tasman Sea, winning both line honours and first place on corrected time.
Spithill and his BMW Oracle Racing crew combined the incredible boatspeed generated by the tri's revolutionary 70--metre -high wingsail rig in combination with aggressive match racing tactics to outsail Alinghi 5, the Swiss defender's equally huge catamaran, in two straight races.
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One of her officers claimed that she outsailed other vessels "shamefully" and that only one ship in the U.S.