pleasure craft
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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
Each vessel is represented by a colored icon, including dark blue for passenger vessels, orange for fishing vessels, and purple for yachts and pleasure craft.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
I write to encourage the implementation of a tolling system for bridge openings along the Lake Washington Ship Canal and other city bridges that require opening for pleasure craft.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2021
An armada of launches and pleasure craft was following them.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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