Sentences with phrase «trading schooners»
With a design similar to the trading schooners that worked the Grand Banks of the North Atlantic for over 200 years, these classic schooners, handled by small crews, formed the hub of the trading industry and were the basis for a thousand books written on small sailing ships.
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Designed along the lines of the trading schooners that worked the Grand Banks of the North Atlantic for over 200 years, Windjammer epitomises the grandest of schooner qualities and with her 2000 feet of sail area and raked masts, is a spectacular sight.
In 1974 I was on a 1 year back packing / camping trip in the Caribbean Islands traveling from island to island on small trading schooners.
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Hundreds of fast schooners were built exclusively for the pepper trade, which greatly helped the economy of the colonies.
Built - in cabinetry throughout the house recalls storage crafted for a sailing schooner, and West Indian - style window shutters open to allow in the trade winds that give the villa its name.