recreational boating
Leisurely water travel
Recreational boating is the use of boats for leisure rather than commercial purposes—pleasure cruising, fishing, water sports, or simply enjoying time on the water.
The term encompasses everything from kayaks and sailboats to motorboats and yachts: Recreational boating accidents spike on holiday weekends.
The lake sees heavy recreational boating traffic in summer.
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
- sailboatWind-propelled watercraft
- motorboatEngine-propelled watercraft
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
canoe · anchor · anchor down · life jacket · wakeboarding · harbor · no wake zone · cooler · boat party · jet ski · open water · pontoon · yacht · pleasure craft · cruising · sea legs · captain's hat · houseboat
- Channel IslandsJersey, Guernsey, Santa Cruz Island, Catalina Island, Channel Islands
- Great LakesLake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario
- Inland Waterwayswaterway, canal, river system, navigable waters, barge
- yacht clubsyacht club, sailing club, clubhouse, commodore, burgee
- Intracoastal Waterwayinland waterways, mile markers, navigation aids, navigational aids, channels
- Northern OntarioSudbury, Hearst, Marathon, Lake Superior, boreal
recreational boatingcommercial shipping
Transporting goods for business
commercial fishing · merchant marine · cargo transport · freight shipping · naval operations