pleasure craft

Example Sentences

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Some 1,000 ships, including pleasure craft and fishing vessels, took part in the rescue - a key moment of the war.

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

They cannot feel free to use Washington harbors and airports to have their pleasure craft serviced.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022

The winds and seas were rough, and Mr. Wiley fell from the 23-foot pleasure craft into the Chesapeake Bay.

From New York Times • May 19, 2021

What I didn't know is that the East River was closed to pleasure craft traffic, which is why we were being waved away.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos