sailboat
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The Coast Guard did not say what caused the sailboat to run aground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
Grilling on a sailboat turns out to be much harder than grilling on land where I’m quite proficient.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
The orange-red wood of the box had a scene etched into the top: a sailboat sailing past a lighthouse while gulls flew overhead.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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
But the two sailboats have yet to reach Cuba.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
A search and rescue operation is under way in the Caribbean for two missing sailboats filled with humanitarian supplies travelling from Mexico to Cuba.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
In 2002, the two men returned to the bank in three sailboats with a team of architects, cartographers and marine biologists from several countries to continue building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
Down by the shore, the piers were crowded with rowboats, sailboats, and other small craft.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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