(nautical) Sailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship.

plural of sailing boat

A situation where one can proceed with no serious problems.

(watersports, sailing, yachting) A type of sport sail yachting close to the shore in an in-shore environment with tight courses, with shore-based fan stands comprising the "stadium". (Olympic sailing events typically are stadium sailing events. All Extreme Sailing Series races are stadium sailing events. Many of the America's Cup World Series fleet racing regattas are stadium sailing events.)

plural of sailing dinghy

(nautical) The course of a vessel keeping straight on a rhumb line.

(obsolete) The navigating officer of a warship.

plural of sailing-master

Loose masses of ice on the surface of the ocean; pack ice through which a vessel can navigate.

A sport in which one drives a lightweight vehicle powered by a large sail.