Sentence examples for two masts from inspiring English sources

But it is surpassing in loftiness: its two masts top out at 118 and 113 feet.

Sampans are usually rigged for sailing, sometimes with two masts; otherwise they are rowed with large sweep-type oars.

Launched in Baltimore in 1853, it was 210 feet long and bore two masts, sails and a steam engine.

Heyerdahl's raft was made of balsa logs lashed together with hemp ropes, and had two masts carved from mangrove wood.

"Fulton couldn't have been that confident; his ship was equipped with two masts and sails," Mr. Panetta said.

The design lasted only a few years; posts with a straight single mast soon took over -- though on wider streets, they sported two masts supported by a bracket.

Windstar Cruises, http://www.windstarcruises.com, (888) 772-9208, has two masted ships — Wind Star and Wind Spirit — on the seven-day Greek Isles & Turkish Delights itinerary.

Rigged with two or three masts, it is considered a fast sailer.

Its three masts rise 180 feet, as tall as a 14-story building.

A gleaming white barque with sails furled on three masts, a vast deck where countless ropes sat neatly coiled around wooden pegs, and a big wooden wheel.

The cat was a larger lugger of two or three masts used at Deal; both types were very seaworthy and were fast sailers.