Thesaurus results for WINDJAMMER

windjammer

noun

ˈwin(d)-ˌja-mər

Definition of windjammer

as in ship

a boat equipped with one or more sails with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it

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Recent Examples of windjammer Now known as Sail4th 250, the parade of ships is a successor to Operation Sail, the international flotilla of schooners and barques and windjammers brought into New York Harbor half a dozen times starting in 1964. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026 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. — Scott Laird, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Along the rocky coast, maritime traditions endure through historic lighthouses, windjammers, and working waterfronts. — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025 With its trio of windjammers, setting sail on one of its handsome ships is a novel experience of the most sophisticated kind. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2024 Take a stroll around the harbor to look at the fishing boats, yachts, and windjammers. — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023 Schooner Heritage, Rockland Cast your troubles to the wind with an all-inclusive sailing vacation onboard the Schooner Heritage, a Maine windjammer that cruises Penobscot Bay. — Hilary Nangle, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023

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Noun

Matthew Pinhey, commanding officer of the Doyle, told the Herald from the deck of the ship, with clear, blue skies overhead.

— Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
The Florida panhandle county has sunk hundreds of artificial reefs, many of which are ships or boats.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

Reënactors dressed as British soldiers got in a dory and rowed from the schooner to the beach’s edge.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Built by master Konjo shipwrights in South Sulawesi using dense tropical teak and ironwood, Silolona and its sister phinisi schooner, Si Datu Bua, venture where few travelers have sailed before.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of schooner

Noun

Title partner Bombay Sapphire is also holding an exclusive race-day celebration on a private Team Brady yacht docked at the Ocean Club.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2026
In Un Posto al Sole, Goldberg played Eleanor Price, an American businesswoman who travels to Naples to commission a yacht and deal with some unfinished business from her past.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of yacht

Noun

The new 280-footer, currently known as Project 410, will become the world’s largest sloop upon launch.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Sailing aboard a 30-foot sloop on Acapulco Bay, Henry Kissinger kept a protective arm around his new wife, as a motorboat filled with the press corps followed.

— Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of sloop

Noun

The tiny island is a wildlife reserve and nesting seabird colony of native species, including the brown booby and frigate.

— Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
Rather than replacing frigates and other anti-submarine platforms, Arctic Hunter is intended to give them more persistent sensing coverage across some of NATO’s most strategically important waters.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of frigate

Noun

The boater reported high winds and was concerned that the 28-foot sailboat would capsize.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
Often called Miami’s oldest neighborhood, Coconut Grove sits on Biscayne Bay just south of downtown, with historic waterfront estates, a dense tree canopy, sailboats anchored offshore and restaurants within walking distance.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailboat

Noun

Interestingly, the crew mess is located on the main deck rather than the lower, allowing for direct access to the galley and thereby improving both service and efficiency, Antonini Navi says.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026
For the role of Odysseus’ galley ship, Nolan enlisted the Draken.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of galley

Noun

The arrival of tens of thousands of asylum seekers across the English Channel in dinghies each year has kept the subject high up the political agenda.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
The arrival of tens of thousands of asylum seekers across the English Channel in dinghies each year has kept the subject high on the political agenda.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of dinghy

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