companionway
Example Sentences
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With a tether connecting her to the 30-foot sailboat, she crouched down in the entrance to the companionway and stayed out of harm’s way while her father trimmed the sail.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2021
One wave smashed through his companionway, flooded the boat, fried his electronics and sparked a small fire.
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2018
John Philip Sousa, returning to the U. S. from England, started down a companionway of the S. S. Leviathan at Manhattan, tripped, sprawled five steps.
From Time Magazine Archive
And that engine room carries 5�7� headroom at the companionway entrance and almost 5� over the iron�unheard of in a 40-footer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tom Owens stumbled up a companionway yelling, “We’ve sprung a leak!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
