Mercator sailing

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sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.

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How to use Mercator sailing in a sentence

But instead he pursued a life of science, sailing all over the world to study animal species and their environments.
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They have grace, ambition, and sure make sailing a whole lot more interesting.
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Below lies the turquoise waters of the caldera, flecked with the white triangles of sailing boats.
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The book begins with Jack sailing on a British army supply ship heading for Africa during World War II.
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You write in the books that ship technology—boats sailing the ocean—was what got people to care about science.
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This was very agreeable; but he was, nevertheless, greatly relieved when a boat came in sight sailing toward him.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
I've been sailing one way for ever so long, because I don't know how to turn around; but there's a landing-place just ahead.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
I have never seen Newport, and passed exactly a week in New York before sailing.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
American vessels made occasional trips outside the Bay, and brought in captive sailing-vessels.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
All the small steamers and sailing-craft in the river moved up as near as possible to the Puente de España.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman