There are plenty of places around the globe where people have no access to heavy machinery but do know how to deal with wind, sailing and basic mechanical principles.

在世界上有很多地方，人们都无法使用重型机械，但却知道如何处理风力、航行和基本的机械原理。

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Perhaps no other captain sailing at that time would think to have a woman do this extremely important work.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

If a ship was sailing in the middle of the ocean, a navigator could make mistakes using dead reckoning and no harm would be done.

VOA: special.2011.07.06

The 39-year-old from England, who has suffered nearly 20 lung collapses due to a condition known as Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), is part of a multinational crew taking part in the bi-annual Clipper Round the World Yacht Race -- the only sailing race in the world where crews are made up by ordinary people, many with little or no sailing experience.

CNN: July 12, 2012 -- Updated 1330 GMT (2130 HKT)

But that by no means ensures smooth sailing for the reform legislation.

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But today, it's been highly smooth sailing -- absolutely no sign, as I said, of the Iraqi 10th Armored Division.

CNN: Franken