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- noun The act of travelling in a
sailboat .
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Examples
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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.
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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At that, motor-boating for an amateur such as I am has certain advantages over sailboating.
Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Peter Newell 1910
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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
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Poor Al Smith never had it so good, with all that sailboating at Hyannisport and so on.
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I could care less about sailboating, but the pics are beautiful.
My[confined]Space 2009
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I could care less about sailboating, but the pics are beautiful.
My[confined]Space 2009
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