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Racing yacht   /rˈeɪsɪŋ jɑt/   Listen
Racing yacht

noun
1.
An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.  Synonym: yacht.





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"Racing yacht" Quotes from Famous Books



... apparently flat as boards Schofield made Ellinwood rig pulleys leading to the middle of the halyards so that the men could sway on them. She was fit as a racing yacht; her load was perfectly distributed and ...
— The Harbor of Doubt • Frank Williams
... forget them? Whenever doubts upon anything presented themselves, I had nothing more to do than to Remember! Nothing He could have devised to do for me could have been of greater or more direct assistance to me. These experiences were to my creature what the centre-board is to the racing yacht. With these memories I could keep an even keel, and without them I must have ...
— The Golden Fountain - or, The Soul's Love for God. Being some Thoughts and - Confessions of One of His Lovers • Lilian Staveley


Words linked to "Racing yacht" :   yacht, watercraft, vessel


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