sailboat
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Coast Guard rescued one person after a sailboat was stranded Thursday on Santa Rosa Island off the Southern California coast, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
We know from the front cover of “First Light” that Ms. Brauer is “the first American woman to race a sailboat solo and nonstop around the globe,” so her survival is never in doubt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Grilling on a sailboat turns out to be much harder than grilling on land where I’m quite proficient.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Two weeks into his first solo voyage from Catalina Island to Hawaii in June, the mast on his sailboat snapped, setting off an ordeal that lasted several weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The sailboat so clearly envisioned, some confidence returned.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
But the two sailboats have yet to reach Cuba.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
It is water-repellent and was originally used on sailboats, external to make them glide better before being introduced to skiing in the 1980s.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
MFA’s example from that summer, “Three Boys on a Beached Dory,” is a charming grisaille work depicting the children, wearing broad-brimmed hats, looking at sailboats on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
If lots of sailboats show up, you don’t belong on the water with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
There were big, important yachts and little rafts and motorboats and sailboats and working boats and pleasure boats.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
