sailboat
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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
A pilot friend who is crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands in a sailboat this month called cruise ships a “floating petri dish.‘
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Eventually, they purchased the townhouse on the bay and the sailboat.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
It’s reminiscent of a question asked more than a century ago when a visitor noticed stockbrokers’ fine sailboats moored near Wall Street: “But where are the customers’ yachts?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He had a Clark Gable pencil mustache, raced sailboats, cavorted with the late communist leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, and at one point married Academy Award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
But the two sailboats have yet to reach Cuba.
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
When the people in Central Park learned that one of the toy sailboats was being steered by a mouse in a sailor suit, they all came running.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
