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yachting

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yacht  (yät)
n.
Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels, generally with smart graceful lines, used for pleasure cruises or racing.
intr.v. yacht·ed, yacht·ing, yachts
To sail, cruise, or race in a yacht.
[Probably obsolete Norwegian jagt, from Middle Low German jacht, short for jachtschip : jagen, to chase (from Old High German jagn) + schip, ship.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.yachtingyachting - water travel for pleasure            
boating
water travel, seafaring - travel by water
bareboating - boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions; "we saved money by bareboating"
Translations

yachting [ˈjɔtɪŋ] n (sport) → balandrismo
yachting [ˈjɔtɪŋ] yacht n → yachting m, navigation f de plaisance
yachting [ˈjɔtɪŋ] yacht n → Segeln nt
yachting [ˈjɔtɪŋ] n → yachting m; sport m della vela
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I am disposed to admire and respect the 52-foot linear raters on the word of a man who regrets in such a sympathetic and understanding spirit the threatened decay of yachting seamanship.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
At this port (when the season for visitors was at an end) we could embark far more privately than at the popular yachting stations situated in the Isle of Wight.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Now, this gentleman had a younger brother of still better appearance than himself, who had tried life as a Cornet of Dragoons, and found it a bore; and had afterwards tried it in the train of an English minister abroad, and found it a bore; and had then strolled to Jerusalem, and got bored there; and had then gone yachting about the world, and got bored everywhere.
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