sailboat

Example Sentences

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The author recounts the stories of three contestants in the 1968 Golden Globe around-the-world solo sailboat race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Although I grew up in the Great Lakes region, I’d never sailed before and didn’t realize there are no passengers on a sailboat — only crew.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Not to point fingers, but if you’re taking a sailboat through possibly dinosaur-infested waters, whatever happens is on you.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

It was a sailboat, a big one, with two masts, but it was sailing away from us.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin