pleasure craft

Example Sentences

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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

At area docks, fishing boats seemed to be giving way to pleasure craft, which can be less costly, and more profitable, to cater to.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 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