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Recent Examples of keelboat
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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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).
—Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.
—Chris Museler, New York Times, 22 May 2023
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The main sail of the fiberglass J/24 keelboat coursing through bay waters just off Treasure Island flitted in the wind with a nervousness that told 2016 Olympics mariner Caleb Paine what was coming next.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
One-day keelboat rentals for experienced sailors from $85.
—Erin E. Williams, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
The club’s monthly open houses welcome guests for free half-hour sails aboard keelboats or dinghies with a club member.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keelboat
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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.—
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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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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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 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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Japan has long banned arms exports but has significantly eased restrictions in recent years and is now developing next-generation fighter jets with the UK and Italy while finalizing a deal to sell frigates to Australia.—
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Destroyers, frigates, fighter jets and bombers also carried out simulated strikes on maritime targets.—
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“Keelboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keelboat. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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