rhumb line
Example Sentences
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Before the days of GPS, sailors often charted nautical courses using what’s called a rhumb line.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
The wind held long enough for the boats to slip through, and a half-hour later we were sailing a rhumb line for the beach.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2019
To ensure that every cartouche, sea monster and rhumb line remains vibrant, the men keep the Venetian blinds in their south-facing apartment drawn, as if for a permanent siesta.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2014
The rhumb-line distance to Bermuda is 635 miles, but since no sailing boat can sail the rhumb line exactly, the handicapping distance was 675.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malay began by standing off on the port tack until she was nearly 45 miles west of the rhumb line, a straight-line course to St. David's Head.
From Time Magazine Archive
