sailing

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The MV Hondius is sailing from Cape Verde, where three infected people had already been evacuated earlier in the week.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Six cases have been confirmed among the ship's passengers, including in one of the three who died while the Dutch vessel was sailing from South America.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

The Hondius, now carrying close to 150 passengers, started out in Argentina on April 1 and was sailing north on a 33-day journey.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

The transcripts show that Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the Moon in 1969, said he saw particles and flashes of lights "sailing off in space" during the mission.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

On April 15, 1848, seventy-seven enslaved people attempted to escape Washington by sailing on a schooner called The Pearl.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis