They upped a linen sail and swung the bow north.

Cordage and the linen sail burned with wan red light until shadows swallowed them.

He had a good ship, from the bronze ram that cut the waves just below her waterline to the heavy linen sails.

Ground birch bark, fermented in sea water, is used for seasoning the woolen, hemp or linen sails and hemp rope of traditional Norwegian boats.

The ship's rigging, its handmade linen sails and the whipstaff, a vertical pole by which the boat was steered, were all carefully copied from early 17th-century nautical plans.

Jason and his crew obviously were ready to trust their lives to Tiphys and his compass-pyx, and to the construction of their sturdy ship, and its outfitting with the finest silk and linen sails.