boatyard

Example Sentences

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Daphne du Maurier described seeing the old boatyard at Bodinnick, near Fowey, for the first time at the age of 19 as: "Here was the freedom I desired, long sought for, not yet known."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The distraught family of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a boatyard have said she will be greatly missed.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

There are few clearer signs of the destructive power that Hurricane Beryl unleashed on Barbados in July than the scene at the temporary boatyard in the capital, Bridgetown.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

Sitting on the 48-foot F/V Arminta in a Port Townsend boatyard in May, Amy Grondin and her husband, Greg Friedrichs, were busy getting ready for the season.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2023

Fully eight months later, I was in a boatyard farther south in California, getting my bottom paint renewed, and there was a state or county peace officer in the same boatyard.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen