Examples of schooner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the West called to him, spurring him to sell his belongings in New Orleans and buy a 106-ton schooner named Julia Ann, which took him across the Pacific Ocean. — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 Docked at the Gangplank Marina at the Wharf, the 65-foot American Spirit schooner is a fundraising resource and an opportunity for the public to partake in sails, private charters and events. — Erin E. Williams, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 During the retreat, Wadsworth ordered Revere to send his brig carrying artillery to help evacuate a schooner that was drifting toward the British fleet. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 In one memorable case, the bottle failed to break on Zaca, a schooner that belonged to Errol Flynn. — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship — including the pen that was used to imprison the captives — remains intact on the river bottom. — Washington Post, 2 May 2022 The vehicle also found the wrecks of a colonial boat and a schooner thought to date to some 200 years ago, to the period shortly after Colombia’s war of independence from Spain. — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 The other shipwrecks—a colonial boat and a schooner—are thought to date back to Colombia’s war of independence from Spain, which took place more than 200 years ago. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 June 2022 Scic has a fleet of classic ketch yachts with modern schooner rigging and sails with a surface area of around 4,300 square feet. — Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 June 2022 See More

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