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  • noun The act of travelling in a sailboat.

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Examples

  • Now is a vacation season for Guadalajarans and over several days recently, as I have walked the shore, I have observed people sailboating and speedboating on the lake.

    boat isse, once again 2004

  • “Imaginary sailboating, a trick Shelley attempted in the Bay of Spezia and turned it so real it drown him, though drowning is a very poetic way to go, especially for a Woolf.”

    A Brief Encounter With Dr. Thin The Daily Growler 2006

  • Today, however, sailboating regattas and rodeos exist only as sport for those who like that sort of thing.

    Navigating the Winds of Change LYNN ANDERSON 1994

  • Approaching the subject of motor-boating as compared with sailboating, we find the situation becoming complicated and growing technical.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Peter Newell 1910

  • However, I have decided to give up sailboating; and, to a person of my shape and conservative tendencies, this leaves the field of outdoor sport considerably circumscribed.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Peter Newell 1910

  • At that, motor-boating for an amateur such as I am has certain advantages over sailboating.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Peter Newell 1910

  • Poor Al Smith never had it so good, with all that sailboating at Hyannisport and so on.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Benjamin P. Tyree 2010

  • Poor Al Smith never had it so good, with all that sailboating at Hyannisport and so on.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • I could care less about sailboating, but the pics are beautiful.

    My[confined]Space 2009

  • I could care less about sailboating, but the pics are beautiful.

    My[confined]Space 2009

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