sailing boat

Example Sentences

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On stage, he performs in a ramshackle sailing boat, clinging to the mast as the ocean threatens to consume him.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

I had a Baltic 37, a sloop, that was a beautiful sailing boat, and I’d go out with a couple of friends and enjoy the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

A Turkish wooden sailing boat, known as a gulet, left from Izmir in western Turkey on Feb. 22 and arrived near Italy after about four days of navigation.

From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2023

Police seized “drones and electronic devices” when raiding his sailing boat.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

In the cove was a large sailing boat, rusty and ocean-battered.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell