Definition of WINDJAMMER

Examples of windjammer in a Sentence

with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it

Recent Examples on the Web But more mainstream companies now are operating sailing ships: Take Windstar, whose three windjammers sail under engine and wind power simultaneously, or Ponant’s namesake three-masted clipper, the first in its fleet. — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, "Older Sailing Ships Are Making a Comeback," 5 Dec. 2019 But more mainstream companies now are operating sailing ships: Take Windstar, whose three windjammers sail under engine and wind power simultaneously, or Ponant’s namesake three-masted clipper, the first in its fleet. — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, "Older Sailing Ships Are Making a Comeback," 4 Dec. 2019 Sailing fans get goose bumps when the windjammers of Penobscot Bay open this festival by sailing en masse into the picturesque harbor with flags and banners flying. — BostonGlobe.com, "Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market," 14 June 2016 The company also sails a slightly larger windjammer, the 94-passenger Sea Cloud II. — Christian L. Wright, WSJ, "7 Cruise Lines that Don’t Nickel-and-Dime You at Sea," 28 Mar. 2018 Go to sea in search of whales and offshore adventure on a Maine windjammer sailing and whale-watching cruise. — Rosemary Mcclure, latimes.com, "Sail on a windjammer in New England to see whales, deserted islands and fishing villages," 9 Feb. 2018 Brie Beaumont, crew member of a windjammer and a Minneapolis police officer, investigates the apparent suicide of a man who came aboard with six friends, all of whom had reason to kill the businessman who seemed to know all their secrets. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, "Rosemount Writers Festival among this week’s literary events," 12 Mar. 2017 But the Avanti was a fast and durable vessel known as a windjammer, with what was in 1875 a state-of-the-art iron hull. — Elizabeth Zach, New York Times, "West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park," 24 Aug. 2016

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