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Recent Examples of windjammer 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 Historic windjammers and dozens of other boats bob in Camden’s harbor. Heather Eng, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023 The thrown-togetherness of a windjammer cruise seems part of the appeal. Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2022 But Warren had an advantage: The Rex, converted from a windjammer to a barge, couldn’t move under its own power. Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021 Cornero spent $200,000 transforming a 300-foot-long former windjammer into a casino. Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021 Each windjammer is individually owned and operated and offers 3- to 10-night sailing vacations from May through October. Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 24 May 2021 But more mainstream companies now are operating sailing ships: Take Windstar, whose three windjammers sail under engine and wind power simultaneously, or Ponant’s namesake three-masted clipper, the first in its fleet. Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windjammer
Noun
  • The ship's 147-foot masts, which were shining bright with decorative lights, couldn't clear the arched bridge and were sheared off upon impact.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • The first of 49 of the tanks have been loaded onto cargo ships to be sent to Ukraine in a delivery which was confirmed by Australia's prime minister Anthony Albenese.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • This year, look out for General Patton’s private schooner, When-and-If, among others.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
  • 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, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Feadship’s latest launch is an explorer yacht featuring a distinctive bow and paint scheme.
    Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The forthcoming Emerald Kaia, a new yacht arriving in 2026, will set a new standard for warm-weather cruising.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Today, the colonial-era port Nelson's Dockyard is a UNESCO World Heritage Site complete with two boutique hotels, a museum, local craft shops, cafes and restaurants, and a marina filled with everything from stately sloops to gaudy megayachts.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
  • In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.
    Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, satellite imagery captured Sunday appeared to show three Chinese naval vessels—including a Type 075 amphibious assault ship, a Type 071 amphibious transport dock and a Type 054A frigate—operating 229 miles east from Taiwan's southernmost point.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • The organization confirmed that naval drones are part of the effort, as are frigates (warships) and maritime patrol aircraft.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Also: The living room’s sailboat painting and a Krusty Burger ad is on the TV screen.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 May 2025
  • The Lands’ End brand, which started in Chicago in 1963 as a sailboat equipment catalog, was spun off in 2014. 2022: Monty, one half of a pair of beloved piping plovers that spent several summers along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Chicago, died at Montrose Beach, officials said.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The dining room comes with a third fireplace, while a modernized galley kitchen is outfitted with Viking and Sub-Zero appliances.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
  • Her modest galley kitchen in Los Angeles retains its charming period tile and sky-high cabinets that reach the 14-foot ceiling.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Wagner didn’t find Wood near the dinghy near the dock and at around 1:30 a.m.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The boys board a rescue boat and pull five souls off the Flicka’s rescue dinghy, all while sharks circle and buck.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Windjammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windjammer. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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