companionway
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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
Broad-shouldered anglers may find the companionway narrow, but the trade-off is a bigger master cabin with en suite head to port.
From Time Magazine Archive
Near this boat station there was a companionway which leads over No. 3 hatch, and it was here that the second torpedo had struck us.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once they were on, she had to go out on deck, and a minute later she opened the door at the top of the companionway and stepped out.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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