sailboat
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They spent $1.3 million building a 5,000-square-foot home with a dock for their jet-skis, kayaks, sailboat and Boston Whaler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
But he might be more fired up about selling his sailboat and using the money to buy undeveloped property in the hinterlands of Appalachian Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
They had just begun construction on the house, but they had left a canoe onshore, and their sailboat at the dock.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
A commonly held stereotype about Catalina Island is that it’s home to only the wealthy — people who can afford sailboats and vacation homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
New schools founded by the financial elite feature flight simulators and sailboats, while serving up organic Thai food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
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
I love how the sky stays light right into evening, how Lake Michigan gets busy with sailboats and the heat ratchets up to the point that it’s almost impossible to recall the struggles of winter.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
