sail against

sail against something

to operate a boat or ship, so as to move against the wind. It takes skill and training to sail against the wind. The huge cruise ship sailed against the wind all the way to St. Thomas.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oles	-	Ukrainian
Opaline	O-pə-leen	English (Rare)
Mohan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Mette	ME-de (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Ken'ichi	ken-ee-chee	Japanese
Saga	SAH-gah (Swedish)	Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic