piragua

noun

Definition of piraguanext
as in schooner

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  1. schooner
  2. catamaran
  3. yacht
  4. sloop
  5. cutter
  6. brigantine
  7. ketch
  8. galleon
Noun
  • The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of schooner
Noun
  • De Mey’s biggest project so far is a custom 69-foot foiling catamaran, powered by quad waterjets and capable of 50 knots, built for New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
  • During a catamaran trip one afternoon, a humpback whale surfaced in front of our boat just long enough to take a few breaths.
    Essence, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of catamaran
Noun
  • The massive three mast sailing yacht is one of the largest in the world.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The yacht is considered the world’s largest eco electric catamaran.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of yacht
Noun
  • 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
  • Twenty men on Maynard’s sloop died, and Blackbeard presumed the rest of the crew dead.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of sloop
Noun
  • Matthew Braga On music for floating. Art Graffiti, Through Grief and Discovery Clement Gelly There was the glimmer of possibility in stories of bolt cutters and train yards and spray cans—possibilities of disruption and liberation.
    hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Butler got off the bed and began waving the box cutter toward the bailiff, who fired shots at him, according to the news release.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • 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
  • Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
Definition of brigantine
Noun
  • Photo : Perini Navi ‘Badis,’ 230 Feet, 2016 Perini Navi Originally launched as Sybaris in 2016 for experienced yachtsman Bill Duker, Badis is an all-aluminum ketch built by Italian shipyard Perini Navi.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Definition of ketch
Noun
  • The present day’s global aristocrats invade Miami for Art Week not by galleon under the power of sail, but by private jet under the power of fossil fuel.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The masts and sails of Galanin’s galleon evoke a decisive moment, symbolizing a point of no return, where past actions force a commitment to a new, uncertain future.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of galleon
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