On leaving Beaufort, they ran off the coast with a smart breeze from south-west, making a leading wind of it.
At daylight there was a leading wind up the river, and we made sail, carrying with us three-fourths of the flood.
With a leading wind 'Navahoe' slipped through to leeward into first place before getting to Cowes, and thence they squared away.
It seemed to me that a leading wind was necessary to go in and out of this passage, on account of the rapidity of the tides.
The wharf is lined with eager spectators as she glides up to her dock with a leading wind.
Still we had many a turn and twist to make, but with a leading wind we had little difficulty in doing this.
There is also an entrance to the west; but it is narrow and intricate, and requires a leading wind to pass through.
What was my joy then to see her brail up her sails, for she had a leading wind, and lower her boat!
They therefore stood in close to the coast, as they had not a leading wind to Palermo.
So that, without a leading wind, we were under a necessity of waiting two or three days.
