Yet it is not going to be plain sailing in the coming months.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
After that it has been easy sailing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The sailing team received nearly as much.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then he would like to go sailing.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They were last night sailing to port for repairs.
The Sun (2009)
If you can get past these it is largely smooth sailing from then on.
Larry Downes THE STRATEGY MACHINE (2002)
Surely it will be all plain sailing now.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She told him she would be going sailing with her boyfriend.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Nobody comes here except sailing yachts and there are no shops, so bring a picnic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is not the case on all sailing vessels, any more than in normal life.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The new year will also see a second ship sailing from Southampton.
The Sun (2012)
The sailing team won six medals in 11 classes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This makes for easy sailing, as the conditions between islands tend to be calmer than those encountered on the open sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This meant sailing at 20-25 knots, three times the wind speed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Sailing yacht in the Bahamas?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In 1838 the first iron sailing vessel crossed the Atlantic.
Bryant, Arthur The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III (1990)
Her original plan would have meant sailing past Somalia, but she decided the risk was too great.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The desire to protect its premium position in sports lifestyle might explain forays into golf and sailing, two sports with which the company had no experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They had cannons and gunpowder; they had the compass; they were advancing in the design of sailing ships.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
In other languages
sailing
British English: sailing /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ NOUN
A sailing is a voyage made by a ship carrying passengers.
We'll get the next sailing.
American English: sailing
Arabic: إِبْحَار
Brazilian Portuguese: navegação a vela
Chinese: 航行
Croatian: jedrenje
Czech: plavba
Danish: sejlads
Dutch: afvaart
European Spanish: navegación
Finnish: purjehdus
French: voile sport
German: Segeln
Greek: ιστιοπλοΐα
Italian: vela
Japanese: 航海
Korean: 항해
Norwegian: seiling
Polish: żeglarstwo
European Portuguese: navegação à vela
Romanian: croazieră
Russian: мореплавание
Latin American Spanish: navegación
Swedish: segling
Thai: การเดินเรือ
Turkish: yelken sporu
Ukrainian: мореплавання
Vietnamese: sự đi thuyền
All related terms of 'sailing'
sail
Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along.
land sailing
the sport or activity of driving wheeled sail-powered vehicles across land, esp beaches or dry lakes
plain sailing
If you say that a task was not all plain sailing , you mean that it was not very easy.
plane sailing
navigation without reference to the earth's curvature
sailing boat
A sailing boat is a boat with sails.
sailing date
the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
sailing ship
A sailing ship is a large ship with sails , especially of the kind that was used to carry passengers or cargo .
oblique sailing
a ship's movement on a course that is not due north, south, east , or west
sailing dinghy
a small boat or dinghy with a single mast , used esp for recreational sailing
sailing orders
the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing , concerning matters such as time of departure , destination , etc
smooth sailing
You use smooth to describe something that is going well and is free of problems or trouble .
parasailing
a sport in which a water-skier wearing a parachute is towed by a speedboat , becomes airborne , and sails along in the air
sail through
If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience , they deal with it easily and successfully.
Chinese translation of 'sailing'
sailing
(ˈseɪlɪŋ)
n
(u) (Sport) 帆船运(運)动(動) (fānchuán yùndòng)
(c) (= departure) 轮(輪)船航班 (lúnchuán hángbān)
it wasn't all plain sailing并(並)不都是一帆风(風)顺(順) (bìng bù dōushì yī fān fēng shùn)
sail
(seɪl)
n(c)
[of boat, yacht]帆 (fān) (张(張), zhāng)
vt
[boat, yacht]驾(駕)驶(駛) (jiàshǐ)
vi
(= travel)
[ship]航行 (hángxíng)
[sailor]扬(揚)帆行驶(駛) (yángfān xíngshǐ)
[passenger]乘船航行 (chéngchuán hángxíng)
(= begin voyage) 起航 (qǐháng)
(= fly)
to sail over/across/up to sth飞(飛)过(過)/飞(飛)越/上升到某处(處) (fēiguò/fēiyuè/shàngshēng dào mǒuchù)
to set sail起航 (qǐháng)
to sail for or to set sail for起航前往 (qǐháng qiánwǎng)