How to Use harbormaster in a Sentence

harbormaster

noun
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  • The harbormaster and Coast Guard have been patrolling the area to ensure that boaters slow down and go around the whales, DiMeo said.
    — Laney Ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • When Wayne’s boyfriend tried to call the harbormaster, no one answered.
    — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Early Friday, the crew and Woodard piled into the harbormaster’s boat, with beef jerky brought along as bait for the pets.
    — Jenna Kunze, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • But just like drivers on freeways, the Detroit harbormaster is warning boaters to lay off the gas and to watch their speeds.
    — Janelle James, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2021
  • In Falmouth, the harbormaster has told all boaters that dock at the town-run pier that their vessels must be out of the water by the end of Saturday.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Enggasser said the harbormaster arrived less than a minute after the whale breached to escort the group back to safety.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022
  • People who saw the flares reported them to the New Shoreham harbormaster, who in turn alerted the Coast Guard.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The harbormaster requested a dive team and the search for the man continues, police said.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The harbormaster was able to reach the man, who was wearing a fishing bib but had no lifejacket, and take him to EMS workers, Noel said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The man who docked the boat at the slip, a local fisherman named Bruce Beebe, reported the incident to police and the harbormaster.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The Plymouth harbormaster and others aboard boats snapped photos and recorded video of the shark’s feeding.
    — Fox News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The harbormaster unit receives many complaints about people not abiding by the no wake zone.
    — Janelle James, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2021
  • The harbormaster in Plymouth said some boats had broken free from their moorings.
    — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Harbormasters and Emerald Sea crew members used absorbent pads for the cleanup.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 16 May 2017
  • The fire department and the Bourne harbormaster tried to reach the vessel by boat but had to turn back because of the rough conditions and close proximity to the rocks, Weeks said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Last year, harbormasters submitted requests to the state for $12 million in grant aid.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2019
  • The harbormaster spent most days patrolling the estuary on a 21-foot aluminum landing craft.
    — Rachel Scheier, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • In Plymouth, the harbormaster tweeted that some boats had broken loose from their moorings following the morning high tide and rough winds.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Although the ship’s crew were ordered to stay put, under a quarantine imposed by the harbormaster, three groups sneak ashore after dark.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2020
  • This followed reports of no major damage from the city's police chief and harbormaster.
    — Mark Thiessen, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • The harbormaster arrived on the scene at 9:50 a.m. and transferred everyone aboard to the patrol boat for evaluation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The animals seemed to have been caught side-by-side in the inner harbor, where boats are tied up, assistant harbormaster Will Sullivan said.
    — Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The agency called for help from the town’s fire department and harbormaster to help extinguish the flames, said Petty Officer Amanda Wyrick.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • In the meantime, the harbormaster is curious to see if anyone will attempt to claim the popular attraction.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • While Meg chats with the harbormaster about the crest, Harry finds something far more interesting — another ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail).
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The new department would add the equivalent of five full-time jobs, all under the harbormaster's supervision.
    — Hillary Davis, latimes.com, 15 May 2018
  • Nigel Collins, the Dingle harbormaster, says that tourist boat operators pulled back over the summer of 2017, when Fungie didn’t seem well and wasn’t interacting normally.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2020
  • Indeed, Jake Keller, assistant harbormaster at Sag Harbor, said 150-foot yachts are commonplace in the public docks and private yacht clubs and marinas.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 13 June 2018
  • About 10 feet of the breakwater walkway was destroyed and washed into the water, said Dennis Cherny, Port Washington's harbormaster.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Jacobs said the city budgeted about $1.7 million between the two divisions this year, with a largely part-time staff, including a harbormaster.
    — Hillary Davis, latimes.com, 15 May 2018

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