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  • I prefer a sail-boat to a motor-boat, and it is my belief that boat-sailing is a finer, more difficult, and sturdier art than running a motor.

    SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010

  • The most famous hotel in Dubai - the proud icon of the city - is the Burj al Arab hotel, sitting on the shore, shaped like a giant glass sail-boat.

    Johann Hari: The Dark Side Of Dubai 2009

  • It was a mass of small, pale creatures, pushing a sail-boat out.

    Archive 2009-09-01 David McDuff 2009

  • I moved, reluctantly, to join her at the expanse of windows that formed the back wall of the original cabin, and saw that, indeed, the little sail-boat lay ready.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • If the Gordimers had laid out the magazines and the sail-boat in anticipation of an unannounced visit, they might well have put milk in the ice-box, tea in the cupboard, and bread in the bin.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • If the Gordimers had laid out the magazines and the sail-boat in anticipation of an unannounced visit, they might well have put milk in the ice-box, tea in the cupboard, and bread in the bin.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • I moved, reluctantly, to join her at the expanse of windows that formed the back wall of the original cabin, and saw that, indeed, the little sail-boat lay ready.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • The stout sail-boat that had accompanied us began ranging alongside.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • First, the sail-boat checked and slewed; 'aground,' I concluded.

    The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

  • His master owns a large sail-boat, and, as the water near the shore is not deep, he has to use a small boat to reach it.

    The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Various

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