Example sentences for: yachtsmen

How can you use “yachtsmen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Perhaps what is astonishing is the increasing distance, chiefly during the past century, that landlubbers have put between the sea and themselves: knowledge and awareness of such matters now rests largely among naval types, those yachtsmen who enjoy the leftover jargon of the sea, and a handful of eccentrics, like Jeans, a few others I could mention, and me.

  • The Bermuda Royal Yacht Club was organized in 1844 for gentlemen yachtsmen, not long after the founding of the Bermuda Native Yacht Club (BNYC) for native boatmen (many of whom were working pilots and crewmen).

  • At the impressive marina, yachtsmen — many visiting from the Florida coast — park in slips beneath their townhouses.

  • The frozen lake is also used by ice yachtsmen, whose wind-powered boats skate at hair-raising speeds across the frozen lake.

  • If you want to get out and see a lot of boats without doing any sailing, head to the Bahamas during the Regattas, when boats crowd the harbors and the little towns are full of yachtsmen.


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