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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.
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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.
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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
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This burgeoning category received a further boost when one Paul Sperry slipped on the deck of his schooner, inspiring the American sailor to look for an alternate form of traction.
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When the perilous search for the Northwest Passage sparked a wave of popular interest in the Arctic, Church set off by schooner in search of icebergs.
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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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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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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.
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Back in its heyday as Europe's biggest medieval shipyard, the Arsenale could churn out a galleon per day.
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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.
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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.
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This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.
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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.
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On most airlines, there is little or no CCTV in the main cabin, apart from the cockpit door and galley areas.
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Belowdecks, a forward bedroom, twin beds aft, a galley, and a full head encourage weekend roaming, while triple Volvo Penta D6 IPS diesels deliver the speed—38 knots top, 28 knots cruise—to get home in a hurry.
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“Square-rigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square-rigger. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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