sailboat
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The ship lacks the usual clanging metal rigging of a modern sailboat, so the two-hour, $80 journey was nearly silent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
March 17 near the docks in Marina del Rey about the stolen 1979 Islander sailboat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Maybe you have looked at the clouds and imagined a sailboat, a seahorse, or even your great-aunt Rosemary staring back at you.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Vaughan had been on the boat with her husband and two children, aged 12 and eight, and had been sunbathing when the motorboat crashed into a sailboat carrying party-goers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
At moments Alba felt as if she were on a sailboat becalmed at sea, locked in an eternal, silent wait, peering out at the horizon for hours.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
In other ways, the campus resembles a summer camp with a tennis academy and sailboats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"Mexican authorities have activated their search and rescue protocol for two sailboats en route to Havana as part of the Convoy, which have not yet arrived," a spokesperson for the convoy told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
On the harbour, sailboats dotted the water - one of the best spots to watch the midnight fireworks display.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
If lots of sailboats show up, you don’t belong on the water with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
Navy destroyer and two coast guard cutters had taken up positions among the usual flotilla of yachts, sailboats, launches, dinghies, and canoes assembling near the finish line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
