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• “The reason why shipping went away from sails is because the winds at sea level are not strong enough to effeciently power the large vessels we now build.”

  Using Kites to Pull Cargo Ships Across the Seas | Inhabitat

• “He chiseled a boat out of colby and cheddar, and sliced thin sails of provolone to the masts.”

  365 tomorrows » 2006 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

• “And the ship that bears his name sails into this young century as a symbol of American strength and freedom.”

  CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2006

• “They cut the sails from the mast and sewed them together.”

  The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe King's Son

• “There was also an old sailorman who profited by this recreation of the Hill-dwellers; for he was learned in sails and air-currents, and being deft of hand and cunning, he fashioned the best-flying kites that could be obtained.”

  Chapter III

• “During this fight the Unicorn suffered greatly in sails and rigging, being at one time almost disabled.”

  Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends

• “But again the sea was specked with white sails from the south-east.”

  A Book of Golden Deeds

• “At one point a military ship’s captain sails to America to inspect what remains there.”

  Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Win a SONY Reader. It’s as easy as sharing your emotions.

• ““We make sounds, we call sails‘sheets ', and just about everywhere we stay has sheets on the beds.””

  Fictionaut: US Navy Honors Coltrane With Birthday Concert

• “Our sails are the same way and we'll wear them until the lucky day we can create new ones.”

  The Huffington Post: Reid Stowe & Soanya Ahmad: Spring Sails

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