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Recent Examples of square-rigger
The Coast Guard says the square-rigger ship will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Lindblad Expeditions' Sailing the Caribbean Aboard Sea Cloud Duration: Seven nights
What to expect: This cruise aboard Sea Cloud, a historic square-rigger ship that can accommodate 64 passengers, begins in Bridgetown, Barbados, for a true sailing adventure.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Lindblad Expeditions' Sailing the Caribbean Aboard Sea Cloud Duration: Seven nights
What to expect: This cruise aboard Sea Cloud, a historic square-rigger ship that can accommodate 64 passengers, begins in Bridgetown, Barbados, for a true sailing adventure.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square-rigger
Noun
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Bring your favorite bottle of bubbly and pick up a lobster roll flight from Off the Hook before setting sail on the Argia schooner, which accommodates up to 49 passengers.—
Morgan Rizzo,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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The other Charlottes After the schooner was sold in Pensacola five years later, the next ship — named the North Carolina — was commissioned in 1908, according to the Commander Submarine Force website.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth and help those in need.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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And unlike some of their peers, McDonald and Loggins have both embraced yacht rock as a genre phenomenon, even appearing in a recent documentary on the subject for HBO.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2026
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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
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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.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Arquiste’s best-selling Nanban, for instance, conjures the aroma of a 17th-century galleon laden with coffee, leather, and saffron, while L’Or de Louis evokes the atmosphere of an orangerie at Versailles.—
April Long,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Back in its heyday as Europe's biggest medieval shipyard, the Arsenale could churn out a galleon per day.—
Julia Buckley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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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
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The main deck is home to the salon, dining room, and galley, the bridge houses a lounge and an alfresco dining area aft, and the sundeck is equipped with an open-air lounge and bar.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
25 Mar. 2026
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Whatever wholesome energy might have accumulated in the air from that exchange dissipates as soon as we’re thrown back in the galley.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Square-rigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square-rigger. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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