(n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.
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Sailboat
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(n.) A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
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(1) Today George Avakian, the jazz producer who befriended both of them, believes: “The session in which she did A Sailboat in the Moonlight is really the one that expresses their closeness musically and spiritually more than any other.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Holiday admitted she wanted to sing in the style that Young improvised, while he often studied the lyrics before playing a song.
(2) The highest death toll came when a wooden sailboat sank off Kalolymnos.
(3) A sailboat tacks over the horizon and, after an hour or so of fast walking, I'm at one end of the beach.
(4) Most boaters canoe or kayak the route, though motorboats and sailboats can be used in some sections.
(5) Incrediblue , and a selection of other websites , match would-be sailors with yacht owners (from £24pppn for an eight-berth sailboat).