Example Sentences

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Nova originally wanted to build an Indonesian Pinisi sailing boat, but that would have required large amounts of tropical hardwood so they ended up recycling an old two-masted steel-hulled schooner.

From BBC • May 30, 2020

He likes rambling about his boat, a two-masted schooner docked nearby.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018

As the guests knitted and purled, she described life aboard the two-masted schooner with no engine and marine plumbing.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017

The glazed bowl depicts a two-masted ship flying the British flag with the phrase "Success to the Triphena."

From National Geographic

The bridge to the islands was opening for a two-masted schooner that was maneuvering down the inland waterway.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy