windjammer

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Eight of the old-fashioned ships known as windjammers offer overnight trips off Maine’s mid-coast, from Boothbay Harbor to Bar Harbor, all promising convivial company, beautiful scenery and good food.

From Washington Post

Every winter since the War a fleet of Finnish, Swedish and German windjammers has set out for Britain from Australia, scupper-deep with Australian wheat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some 20 windjammers hauled anchor down under at the start of that race in 1932, but by 1949 only two were left to make the run: the Pamir and her sister ship, the Passat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charles Johnson was under sail in the days of windjammers.

From Time Magazine Archive

We ducked the staysail and foresail, lowered the peak of the mainsail, and waited to feel of it--a rough and ready seamanship often used in these little California windjammers.

From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward