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While some smaller sailing companies rely more fully on a where-the-wind-takes-you approach, with no set route or cruising speeds, larger tall ship lines like Star Clippers have itineraries to keep.
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Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde began its two year mission as a floating laboratory, where about 200 conservationists and naturalists will gather along the way to take part in a project called Darwin200.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
The nineteenth century is just visible in the background, walled off by plywood fencing: the masts of the South Street Seaport Museum’s tall ships rise like barren pines, and iron-and-brick waterfront warehouses appear crisp and silvery in the bright early light.
—Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
The tall ship industry is kind of upside down right now. ...
—Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde began its two year mission as a floating laboratory, where about 200 conservationists and naturalists will gather along the way to take part in a project called Darwin200.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
The nineteenth century is just visible in the background, walled off by plywood fencing: the masts of the South Street Seaport Museum’s tall ships rise like barren pines, and iron-and-brick waterfront warehouses appear crisp and silvery in the bright early light.
—Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
The tall ship industry is kind of upside down right now. ...
—Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news In September 1679, a French trader and explorer arrived near Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his new merchant ship, Le Griffon.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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An incredible bouquet on this Cabernet Franc with violets, tree bark and graphite that has a linear drive with pristine raspberry fruit intertwined with orange blossoms with delicate tannins that come across like fine lace.Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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All Rose Parade floats must be covered entirely with organic material, so workers painstakingly apply seeds, grasses, bark and, eventually, flowers.Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 28 Nov. 2024
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According to the yacht's maker Dive Pro Liveaboard, the Sea Story was built in 2022 as a four-deck vessel and registered in Safaga, Egypt.Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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According to the yacht's captain, the suspicious boats followed the vessel's course for two hours, despite evasive maneuvers deployed to shake them off.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Local firefighters checked on homes and boats, including looking to see if anyone was inside a sailboat that landed atop a city park.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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The sailboat was quickly approaching a sandbar as rough surf tossed the vessel around.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024
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The government held both Padilla and al-Marri in a Navy brig to keep them out of civilian custody.Brian Michael Jenkins, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
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Rare photos showcase the quirky spot where mock battles were staged while female patrons were abducted and held in the brig to see who could scream the loudest — highly inappropriate by today’s standards.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 28 June 2024
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Besides the Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy has sent another aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, to the Western Pacific Ocean last week.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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The bulk of the Pentagon’s investment funds still go to large platforms like aircraft carriers, bombers, fighter planes, and armored vehicles, and the members of Congress from states and districts where these systems are built want to keep it that way.William Hartung, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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But what of those murals glorifying European colonization, with Christopher Columbus sweeping down from the sky in a caravel to find half-naked Native Americans?New York Times, New York Times, 25 May 2021
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More than that, though, the Portuguese were carrying on their wooden caravels an entirely unfamiliar culture from those the Chinese had previously met.Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 June 2020
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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall%20ship. Accessed 5 Dec. 2024.
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