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Recent Examples of square-rigger
The Coast Guard says the square-rigger ship will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Lindblad Expeditions' Sailing the Caribbean Aboard Sea Cloud Duration: Seven nights
What to expect: This cruise aboard Sea Cloud, a historic square-rigger ship that can accommodate 64 passengers, begins in Bridgetown, Barbados, for a true sailing adventure.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The Pacific had struck the Orpheus, a 1,100-ton square-rigger that was traveling north along the Washington coast to load a shipment of coal at Nanaimo in British Columbia.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Lindblad Expeditions' Sailing the Caribbean Aboard Sea Cloud Duration: Seven nights
What to expect: This cruise aboard Sea Cloud, a historic square-rigger ship that can accommodate 64 passengers, begins in Bridgetown, Barbados, for a true sailing adventure.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square-rigger
Noun
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The bones belonged to Henry Goodsell, the captain of another 19th-century schooner.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Although rescuers successfully saved the entire crew and their captain (who shared the schooner’s name), the vessel wasn’t so lucky.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For even more marine life, Amandira, the Aman yacht, can also be chartered from Amanwana for totally bespoke voyages around the Indonesian archipelago from Komodo National Park to the famed Spice Islands and the legendary waters of Raja Ampat.—
Luke Abrahams,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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If the yacht starts to sink, the captain will have to tell everyone on board in person.—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Renowned British designer Malcolm McKeon, famous for creating elegant, unfussy sailing yachts, penned the exterior, combining the sleekness and balance of a sloop with the volume and comfort of a superyacht.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Arquiste’s best-selling Nanban, for instance, conjures the aroma of a 17th-century galleon laden with coffee, leather, and saffron, while L’Or de Louis evokes the atmosphere of an orangerie at Versailles.—
April Long,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Alas, as anyone who’s ever played a JRPG might expect of a journey aboard a massive flying galleon, the Sullys’ convoy is attacked in the sky, and their family is scattered into a small handful of different factions that spend the rest of the movie trying to reunite.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2024
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At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.—
Shayne Benowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On most airlines, there is little or no CCTV in the main cabin, apart from the cockpit door and galley areas.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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The interior layout remains unchanged with the tapered rear bedroom, central sofa/dining lounge with two convertible single beds, hallway-spanning dry bathroom with separate shower and toilet/sink rooms, and rear galley.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Square-rigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square-rigger. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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