sail是什么意思

Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.

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The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century

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But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.

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Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails

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James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.

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