"You very kindly provided him with a small sailing vessel of some type."
He had a sailing vessel first, when I was just a little kid.
Many military forces also have sailing vessels for the purpose of training.
He didn't want to shut himself off from what share a sailing vessel could get these days.
She stood on the quay, next to the big white sailing vessel.
At this stage the ship was still intended as a sailing vessel.
By this point, she had been fitted with an engine and no longer being used as a sailing vessel.
After that use it was rebuilt to become a sailing vessel.
She is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in American military service.
Finally I suggested that we convert her into a sailing vessel.