sailboat
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When Dayyan Armstrong and Ross Beane were 16, the stepbrothers pooled together $1,000 for a 24-foot sailboat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
A 30-foot sailboat stolen in mid-March from a local scouting nonprofit was recovered Monday by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Just before he pulled away he said, "By the way, if you see a sailboat with red sails pull into the harbor, give me a call."
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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
"Mexican authorities have activated their search and rescue protocol for two sailboats en route to Havana as part of the Convoy, which have not yet arrived," a spokesperson for the convoy told AFP.
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
On the silver pool, which was part of a river, some sailboats floated.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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