pleasure craft

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During the day, Catalina is filled with ferries, pleasure craft, cruise ships and cargo vessels.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

During the nine-day evacuation, military, transport, fishing and service vessels, as well as pleasure craft, were used to carry soldiers, with ships flying British, French, Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish flags.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

They had been aboard a pleasure craft, along with 19 other people, when it was hit by a fierce storm on Lake Maggiore on Sunday evening and swiftly sank.

From Reuters • May 31, 2023

Since 2020, Locks officials have recorded three collisions, even though pleasure craft traffic through the Locks is half of what it was in 2000, according to the U.S.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2023

The ship was a white pleasure craft a hundred feet long, with sleek lines and dark tinted portals.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan