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- schooner 1
1
: a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships
2
: a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)
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Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Unable to get down, Thompson remained in the tower until a Navy schooner attracted by the blaze came to shore and rescued him.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The other Charlottes After the schooner was sold in Pensacola five years later, the next ship — named the North Carolina — was commissioned in 1908, according to the Commander Submarine Force website.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Unable to get down, Thompson remained in the tower until a Navy schooner attracted by the blaze came to shore and rescued him.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The other Charlottes After the schooner was sold in Pensacola five years later, the next ship — named the North Carolina — was commissioned in 1908, according to the Commander Submarine Force website.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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schooner
noun
schoo·ner
ˈskü-nər 
1
: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig and two or more masts
2
: a large tall glass (as for beer)
3
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