boatyard

Example Sentences

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Now, Essex Police have been investigating the possibility that Barreto took a boat from the town's boatyard.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Daphne du Maurier described seeing the old boatyard at Bodinnick, near Fowey, for the first time at the age of 19 as: "Here was the freedom I desired, long sought for, not yet known."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The JRH will then be rowed to a boatyard escorted by a bagpiper, where it will be recycled.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2023

The investigation determined that the fire began inside a building at the boatyard where a worker had been replacing a boat’s gas tank.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Then Dickon must have one, then Alfred, and the swimming hole became a boatyard.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli