catboat

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Recent Examples of catboat Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024 At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone. Shayne Benowitz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 In the latter, white children steer a catboat heeling at a rakish angle. Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2022 Save time to get on the water; there are steamboat and sailboat cruises, catboat tours and harbor rides on the museum’s launch boat. Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catboat
Noun
  • Set in the aftermath of apocalypse, Postscript follows West, who’s been surviving for some time on a yacht with an unknowable Captain off the coast of what turns out to be New England.
    Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Simply book your villa and let the concierge team handle the rest, from private flights and yacht charters to in-villa wine tastings and celebration-level planning—leaving you free to focus on the important things, like deciding which drink comes first.
    Molly Barstein, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Anguilla's rich sailing history comes alive while exploring the island's coastline on a classic Caribbean sloop.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The bones belonged to Henry Goodsell, the captain of another 19th-century schooner.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Although rescuers successfully saved the entire crew and their captain (who shared the schooner’s name), the vessel wasn’t so lucky.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
  • Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This new 164-foot catamaran has blown the Galápagos Islands’ charter offerings wide open.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Mike Field on his sailing canoe–a sort of hybrid catamaran and canoe.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Larry Ellison, a competitive sailer himself, sponsored an America’s Cup team through Oracle, and SailGP was meant to bring the excitement of sailing races to an annual season, rather than an occasional novelty.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
  • And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.
    Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025

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“Catboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catboat. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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