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Recent Examples of catboat
Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2024
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
In the latter, white children steer a catboat heeling at a rakish angle.
—Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2022
Save time to get on the water; there are steamboat and sailboat cruises, catboat tours and harbor rides on the museum’s launch boat.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catboat
Noun
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Their $500 million mega yacht, Koru, was anchored nearby, but the couple reportedly spent most of their time on land.—
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The Coral Gables man operating the boat that ran over and killed a 15-year-old girl wakeboarding behind a yacht in Biscayne Bay pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless-boating charges Monday in a Miami-Dade County court.—
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Anguilla's rich sailing history comes alive while exploring the island's coastline on a classic Caribbean sloop.—
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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.—
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When the schooner was just off the coast of El Salvador, a tramp steamer spotted them and finally supplied fresh water.—
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Ella is shocked to suddenly find Nick (Brown), a sailor and local Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway.—
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
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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.—
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Noun
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On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.—
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Heimann and her family were scheduled to sail on a catamaran in the British Virgin Islands.—
Noun
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The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.—
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As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.—
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The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow.—
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And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.—
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“Catboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catboat. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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