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catboat

NOUN
  1. a sailboat with a single mast set far forward

How To Use catboat In A Sentence

  • The last new Benjamin design sailboat launched at the boatyard was a 24-foot catboat. Vineyard Gazette - Top Stories
  • The open sea blows huge out there, white circles curling on the crest of waves like eyes that notice momentarily our piece of shore-a rocking catboat, mangroves, an egret hunkered on a post.
  • She was a member of the Royal St Lawrence Yacht Club where she kept a catboat. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
  • For these sailors, catboats offer one of the simplest of all sailing rigs to manage.
  • Normally I paint and spruce up my little catboat personally. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
  • To our left the harbor was empty save for work boats, one of which was moored to the stake where we tie our eighteen-foot catboat, the Shirley J., in the summer. Vineyard Chill
  • I was pleased to note a catboat in the center of Katama Bay, its skipper and crew taking advantage of the lovely day. Vineyard Chill
  • Nowadays, though, I was quite satisfied to sail our eighteen-foot Herreshoff America catboat in local waters. Vineyard Chill
  • When it comes to gaff-rigged catboats, this one is among the fastest and most weatherly of this genre.
  • The Nonsuch is no typical catboat below the waterline, and if you are familiar with the considerable weather helm common to most Cape Cod catboats, you will be pleasantly surprised.
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