straight sailing

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A hundred and fifty miles or so of straight sailing would have brought us to Cuba, but our way lay north up the coast, as we had come down the other.

From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard

And where does he keep the figures that ain't straight sailing?

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

At one o'clock I left this orgie of German terrorism in a train, and from thence to Calais all was straight sailing.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

After these antics, I decreased the extent of the possible change in the form of wing-surface, so as to allow only straight sailing or only long curves in turning.

From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles

After sixty-eight days of quick and straight sailing, with no sight of land, they fell in with the Philippine Islands, and on 3rd November with the famous Spice Islands.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)