He knew the "Euryalus" could outsail the fastest of the enemy if they tried to attack him.
The Orion at first put on every effort to outsail us; that was vain.
But a cart-horse might as well hope to gallop away from a thorough-bred racer as that ship to outsail the Jean Bart.
She's a schooner, rather larger than that yacht, and she'll outsail anything of her inches that ever floated.
I can outsail you and outfight you all—and to hell with you!