(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
Designed by Frank Payne's renowned Boston design office, and built in 1928 of longleaf yellow pine, this 82-footer has been a racing schooner — a staysail schooner — since the heyday of Class-A ocean racing in schooners during the late 1…
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(UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
In addition to the square-rigged sailing ships, the schooners were the second largest group of large sailing vessels.
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(Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
Unfortunately, anyone looking for a schooner today has limited choices. In the used boat market there are always some wooden hulls available, and occasionally ones of steel or aluminum, but fiberglass-hulled schooners are harder to come by.
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