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Recent Examples of schooner
In 1965, Cochran's boat, a large schooner called the Rogue, was found drifting off the coast of Guatemala.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
The 80-foot schooner provides passengers with an interactive sailing experience with spectacular views of the New England coastline.
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Rachel Holt,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
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Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
The 80-foot schooner provides passengers with an interactive sailing experience with spectacular views of the New England coastline.
—
Rachel Holt,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.
—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schooner
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Just two days after the Hannah was underway, her crew captured the Unity, a sloop loaded with naval stores and lumber, supplies sorely needed by British forces in Boston.
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Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
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There are a ton of cruises out there, from the windjammer sailings in Maine’s Penobscot Bay to luxury 20-passenger yacht sailings in the Galápagos with the Relais & Chateau cruise brand Ecoventura.
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To top it off, the yacht serves Boat Boxes with food prepared by the team at Miss Mary Seafood.
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.
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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.
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The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow.
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And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.
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Russia says the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired shots into the air after the sailboat failed to respond to warnings to change course.
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O’Brien advised them to build a large, permanent air-force base, and to keep frigates on rotation in the Nuuk harbor, as a deterrent to the Russian and Chinese navies.
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The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
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The big draw is the catamaran seating and the specialised cocktails but traditional Atollian food is also served here.
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Drop the kids off at Ritz Kids club and embark on the resort’s luxury sailing catamaran, the Lady Grace.
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schooner. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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