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
Take a stroll around the harbor to look at the fishing boats, yachts, and windjammers.
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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
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
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Inbound ship convoys from Europe were told to keep an eye out.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Pentagon expected the warship to be operational in the first half of 2025. What To Know Photos taken by Chinese ship spotters showed the Fujian returned to Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, where it was constructed in 2017 and launched, from its sixth sea trial.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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The sailboats in the force ranged from day cruisers to 150-foot racing yachts.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Guo also gained notoriety for palling around with Trump adviser Steve Bannon, whose 2020 arrest on his own fraud charges took place on the tycoon’s yacht.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Twenty men on Maynard’s sloop died, and Blackbeard presumed the rest of the crew dead.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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What To Know On December 22 last year, three frigates and three Coast Guard ships from China transited the Miyako Strait westward from the Philippine Sea to the East China Sea, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Wednesday, which cited sources close to the Japanese government.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Philippine military immediately sent its naval forces to monitor the Ufa, including a frigate armed with missiles and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Most summer and fall weekends, my family raced sailboats in different places around the bay.The Editors, Outside Online, 25 Dec. 2024
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Large sailboats ferrying immigrants from Europe to New York at the turn of the 19th century were replaced by the new technology of steamships within 15 years.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
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Read on for 16 elegant galley kitchen ideas to help your tight kitchen footprint deliver big on style.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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Walk the aisle, do tummy time on your empty seat, and visit the galley kitchen.Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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Park the dinghy at Saba Rock for dinner and drinks and experience one of the most iconic watering holes in the Caribbean, a staple since the 1960s.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Windjammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windjammer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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