outsailing

The Serapis was outsailing the Bonhomme Richard “by two feet to one,” recorded Fanning.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

The Serapis was outsailing the Bonhomme Richard “by two feet to one,” recorded Fanning.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Captain Foley led the way in the GOLIATH, outsailing the ZEALOUS, which for some minutes disputed this post of honour with him.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

'Twas clear she was outsailing us, and the seasoned mariners among my comrades foretold that in a couple of hours we should be at her mercy.

Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Herbert Strang

When the chimes of the campanili had dimmed to a faint cadence, like some unuttered rhythm of thought, as the distance grew between the outsailing fleet and all that pageantry of Venice, two faces stood forth like visions from the bewildering pictures of the morning and dwelt with

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

The remarkable sea-going qualities exhibited by these lake-built crafts, outsailing, as they did, ocean clippers and weathering gales that sent sea-going ships flying helpless before the storm, attracted the attention of Eastern ship-owners, and orders were received for vessels to be built for the Atlantic coasting trade.

Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin

She was both head-reaching and outsailing us; in half an hour she would have been right ahead of us, and in an hour the sun would be down.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

It now appeared that we must be taken, and that our escape was impossible, four heavy ships nearly within gunshot and coming up fast, and not the least hope of a breeze to give us a chance of getting off by outsailing them.

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

She was both head-reaching and outsailing us; in half an hour she would have been right ahead of us, and in an hour the sun would be down.

The Capture of a Slaver 1900

He at once assumed command, ordered the cable cut, and, pistol in hand, drove the crew to the work of making sail; confident as he had the wind in his favor, of outsailing the patrolling vessels.

'Little Africa': The Last Slave Cargo Landed in the United States 1897