square-riggers

Then there was the boys from the oyster beds, and the oyster pirates — like French Frank and 'Scratch' Nelson and their outfits — and the crews of the old square-riggers that used to run to 'Stralia and around the Horn.

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon 2010

And even though sloops were supposed to be easier to sail than multimasted vessels such as schooners and square-riggers, gargantuan sails represented weapons when they came whipping across the deck.

Mine’s Bigger Than Yours 2008

Gone is the intricate rigging that gave the square-riggers their impressive look.

Mine’s Bigger Than Yours 2008

The strong nautical theme--albeit racing galleys rather than square-riggers--came from my admiration for O'Brian, and the protagonist's naivety when not on his galley comes straight from Jack Aubrey.

Archive 2007-09-01 Tim Stretton 2007

The strong nautical theme--albeit racing galleys rather than square-riggers--came from my admiration for O'Brian, and the protagonist's naivety when not on his galley comes straight from Jack Aubrey.

:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2007

Fanshawe counted ninety-six craft, stretched from shore to shore: square-riggers, lateen-rigged gunboats, fast galleys.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

For a hundred years, New Yorkers had walked on water right here, watched square-riggers slice through the whitecaps below; seen magnificent fireworks outshine, for seconds only, the dazzling city lights; walked and driven across to see the Dodgers take the field at Ebbets.

The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003

The Turkish fleet was a kaleidoscope of sails, Western-style square-riggers and Mediterranean lateens and galleys.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

For a hundred years, New Yorkers had walked on water right here, watched square-riggers slice through the whitecaps below; seen magnificent fireworks outshine, for seconds only, the dazzling city lights; walked and driven across to see the Dodgers take the field at Ebbets.

The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003

The Turkish fleet was a kaleidoscope of sails, Western-style square-riggers and Mediterranean lateens and galleys.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003