Sailboat
noun
A boat that uses wind in its sails to move.
We spent our vacation sailing on a small sailboat.
Often appears as...
- sailing on a sailboat
- capsized sailboat
noun
A boat that uses wind in its sails to move.
We spent our vacation sailing on a small sailboat.
Often appears as...
- sailing on a sailboat
- capsized sailboat
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structure
Understanding the parts like the hull, mast, and sails helps identify types of sailboats.
The mainsail is the key sail on a sailboat, attached to the boat's mast.
Pro Tip 2/3Recreational Use
Sailboats are often used for fun activities, like racing or leisurely cruises.
They joined the local club for weekend sailboat races.
Pro Tip 3/3Wind Dependency
Without wind, sailboats cannot move; their speed and direction rely on it.
The sailboat glided swiftly with the strong wind at its back.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structure
Understanding the parts like the hull, mast, and sails helps identify types of sailboats.
The mainsail is the key sail on a sailboat, attached to the boat's mast.
Pro Tip 2/3Recreational Use
Sailboats are often used for fun activities, like racing or leisurely cruises.
They joined the local club for weekend sailboat races.
Pro Tip 3/3Wind Dependency
Without wind, sailboats cannot move; their speed and direction rely on it.
The sailboat glided swiftly with the strong wind at its back.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structure
Understanding the parts like the hull, mast, and sails helps identify types of sailboats.
The mainsail is the key sail on a sailboat, attached to the boat's mast.
Pro Tip 2/3Recreational Use
Sailboats are often used for fun activities, like racing or leisurely cruises.
They joined the local club for weekend sailboat races.
Pro Tip 3/3Wind Dependency
Without wind, sailboats cannot move; their speed and direction rely on it.
The sailboat glided swiftly with the strong wind at its back.
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Gordon Fishes for Eels PIPE...
Yeah. It's a traditional way of fishing. Yeah, but hold on a minute. Ah, this is for joy-- for fun. But let's talk about comfortable first. Is that really your father? Yeah. Good morning. Welcome. Good to see you. Are you serious we're going fishing in that? Yes. There's me thinking we're on this beautiful, glamorous sailboat that belongs
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Face-to-Face with a...
first day there we come around the corner we love we anchor the sailboat get in our dinghy we go around the corner and there's this massive female leopard seal and she's ripping the head off this penguin shaking ups from side to side these are the feet here trailing behind she whips it back and forth to
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Crucial Waters PIPE...
here so I went to a population in New Zealand in the sub-antarctic that was only discovered about ten years ago it was a bit of a speculative trip we didn't know what we would find they hadn't really been photographed before so I went down there for three weeks on a sailboat in wintertime as I said in
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Børge Ousland: Breaking...
whole of nonsense route all the way down to Cape for every week our characters up on the beach and settle down make camp wait for the sailboat that was going to pick us up now as you all know waiting time can be a bit boring sometimes but then again when you're being on an expedition for
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The history of tea -...
and the plant was still only grown in China. The tea trade was so lucrative that the world's fastest sailboat, the clipper ship, was born out of intense competition between Western trading companies. All were racing to bring their tea back to Europe first to maximize their profits.
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Knot Bombshell PIPE...
so I had my shoelace then I was thinking so what else do I need to know knots and the best place to learn about knots is on a big sailboat because when you're way out at sea and you're a sailor knots can mean the difference between life and
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Looking for Killer...
in the distance we're on a sailboat with a mast that reaches up into the sky after a rough day at sea we finally reached the protected waters of the Prince William Sound this is where a tanker unleashed a catastrophic amount
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Ice Trek Meets Polar...
meet their ride home a sailboat dispatched to retrieve them but the boats not there they're forced to wait for three more weeks their food stores all but gone fortunately Thomas isn't afraid of
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John Francis: Walk the...
And after that -- I only worked one year -- I said, "That's enough. One year's enough for me to do that." I got on a sailboat and I sailed down to the Caribbean,
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Creating wind energy...
system that has no blade and doesn't even rotate the zero blade device has a simple and unique design which is largely inspired from the sailboat
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Gordon Fishes for Eels PIPE...
Yeah. It's a traditional way of fishing. Yeah, but hold on a minute. Ah, this is for joy-- for fun. But let's talk about comfortable first. Is that really your father? Yeah. Good morning. Welcome. Good to see you. Are you serious we're going fishing in that? Yes. There's me thinking we're on this beautiful, glamorous sailboat that belongs
Video examples
Face-to-Face with a...
first day there we come around the corner we love we anchor the sailboat get in our dinghy we go around the corner and there's this massive female leopard seal and she's ripping the head off this penguin shaking ups from side to side these are the feet here trailing behind she whips it back and forth to
Video examples
Crucial Waters PIPE...
here so I went to a population in New Zealand in the sub-antarctic that was only discovered about ten years ago it was a bit of a speculative trip we didn't know what we would find they hadn't really been photographed before so I went down there for three weeks on a sailboat in wintertime as I said in
Video examples
Børge Ousland: Breaking...
whole of nonsense route all the way down to Cape for every week our characters up on the beach and settle down make camp wait for the sailboat that was going to pick us up now as you all know waiting time can be a bit boring sometimes but then again when you're being on an expedition for
Video examples
The history of tea -...
and the plant was still only grown in China. The tea trade was so lucrative that the world's fastest sailboat, the clipper ship, was born out of intense competition between Western trading companies. All were racing to bring their tea back to Europe first to maximize their profits.
Video examples
Knot Bombshell PIPE...
so I had my shoelace then I was thinking so what else do I need to know knots and the best place to learn about knots is on a big sailboat because when you're way out at sea and you're a sailor knots can mean the difference between life and
Video examples
Looking for Killer...
in the distance we're on a sailboat with a mast that reaches up into the sky after a rough day at sea we finally reached the protected waters of the Prince William Sound this is where a tanker unleashed a catastrophic amount
Video examples
Ice Trek Meets Polar...
meet their ride home a sailboat dispatched to retrieve them but the boats not there they're forced to wait for three more weeks their food stores all but gone fortunately Thomas isn't afraid of
Video examples
John Francis: Walk the...
And after that -- I only worked one year -- I said, "That's enough. One year's enough for me to do that." I got on a sailboat and I sailed down to the Caribbean,
Video examples
Creating wind energy...
system that has no blade and doesn't even rotate the zero blade device has a simple and unique design which is largely inspired from the sailboat
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Quote examples
Kathryn Lasky
American Author
With my husband, I have twice sailed across the Atlantic in a sailboat one third the length of the Mayflower. I know Atlantic gales inside and out. I endured one that lasted for three days with winds up to fifty knots.
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Nina Simone
American Musician
I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
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Michelle Shocked
American Musician
I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it, I see myself on a sailboat, sailing off the edge of the world.
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Amity Shlaes
American Author
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.
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Joseph Barbera
American Cartoonist
Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.
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Kevin Patterson
Canadian Writer
I work on quiet call nights in the hospital, on airplanes and on my sailboat when I have a bit of time - I cram it into wherever it will fit.
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Bob Seger
American Musician
I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well.
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Gary Paulsen
American Writer
I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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Ernesto Bertarelli
Italian Businessman
My father was a sailor and our summer vacations were always on a sailboat. I had a little boat before I had a moped.
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Diane Greene
American Businesswoman
Building a company is so much like racing a sailboat.
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Kathryn Lasky
American Author
With my husband, I have twice sailed across the Atlantic in a sailboat one third the length of the Mayflower. I know Atlantic gales inside and out. I endured one that lasted for three days with winds up to fifty knots.
Quote examples
Nina Simone
American Musician
I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
Quote examples
Michelle Shocked
American Musician
I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it, I see myself on a sailboat, sailing off the edge of the world.
Quote examples
Amity Shlaes
American Author
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.
Quote examples
Joseph Barbera
American Cartoonist
Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.
Quote examples
Kevin Patterson
Canadian Writer
I work on quiet call nights in the hospital, on airplanes and on my sailboat when I have a bit of time - I cram it into wherever it will fit.
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Bob Seger
American Musician
I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well.
Quote examples
Gary Paulsen
American Writer
I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
Quote examples
Ernesto Bertarelli
Italian Businessman
My father was a sailor and our summer vacations were always on a sailboat. I had a little boat before I had a moped.
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Diane Greene
American Businesswoman
Building a company is so much like racing a sailboat.
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