at/in full sail

idiom

of a ship or boat

: moving through the water by using all of its sails

a yacht in full sail

We made good time going at full sail.

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Now, the ship appears to be at full sail — racing in the wind. —

Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020

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