houseboaters
Live-aboard vessel residents
People who live on or vacation in houseboats—floating dwellings that combine residential space with a boat hull.
The term covers both permanent residents of houseboat communities and recreational users who rent or own houseboats for leisure: The houseboaters on Lake Powell complained about new mooring regulations.
Recreational vessel harbor
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- docksideAdjacent to mooring area
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
liveaboard · berth · harbor · waterside · association · collective · anchorage · inhabitants
One residing on watercraft
- travelingMoving from place to place
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
- itinerantMoving for work
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
drifting · transient · unmoored · seasonal · migratory · journeying · wayfaring · anchoring
Secures ships to seabed
- deckShip's flat surface
- helmVessel's steering mechanism
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- sternStrict or ship's aft
galley · cabin · portside · starboard · pontoon · gangway · rudder · keel
Simple wooden dwelling
- berthSleeping space on transport
- compactTightly packed together
- portholeCircular vessel window
- storageSpace for keeping goods
generator · weatherproofing · maintenance · winterizing · humidity · condensation
marina
Recreational vessel harbor
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- docksideAdjacent to mooring area
- residentsPeople living somewhere
cooperative · liveaboard · berth · harbor · waterside · association · collective · anchorage · inhabitants · locals
liveaboard
One residing on watercraft
- travelingMoving from place to place
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
- itinerantMoving for work
roaming · drifting · transient · unmoored · seasonal · migratory · journeying · wayfaring · anchoring · explorer
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
stern · galley · cabin · portside · starboard · pontoon · gangway · rudder · keel · buoy
cabin
Simple wooden dwelling
storage · generator · weatherproofing · maintenance · winterizing · humidity · condensation
houseboaterslandlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
land dwellers · homeowners · suburbanites · inlanders · landowners
houseboaterslandlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
land dwellers · inlanders · desert dwellers · mountain dwellers