day sailer

noun

1. a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.

Word History and Origins

Origin of day sailer¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Evenings, Dad and I are building us a boat, a little day sailer.

From Literature

The boat that came off Fox's drawing board, christened the Day Sailer, was enough to make an old yacht-club commodore choke.

From Time Magazine Archive

His Day Sailer was made of Fiberglas instead of wood for easier maintenance and easier production, held six in the cockpit instead of the maximum of three people that most sailboats are ideally designed to carry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luders-16, day sailer and racer; the 15-ft.

From Time Magazine Archive