sailboat
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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
Around 1607, settlers in the nearby Popham Colony constructed a wooden sailboat, dubbed Virginia—the first oceangoing boat built by English settlers in North America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The sailboat tried to throw Natalie and Churro like a wild horse.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
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
The Mexican Navy was searching on Friday for two sailboats that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba, a week after leaving Mexico.
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 draw sailboats bobbing on summer waves while Mom reads aloud a scene where a spell goes wrong for Harry.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
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