• ebc@lemmy.ca
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          8 months ago

          Sailboats like this are routinely called “yacht”. Yacht is a very non descriptive term for boats that just means a pleasure boat. A lot of very different boats fit that description.

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          8 months ago

          Define yacht then

          Edit: oh, it seems, the American English strikes again

          As per UK definition I’m accustomed to, a yacht is:

          a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure

          While the US definition is:

          a large and usually expensive boat, used for racing or for traveling around for pleasure

          Although this, too, doesn’t rule out a yacht not necessarily being expensive, and don’t really say what’s large in actual size

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          8 months ago

          Yacht is a boat, sail or power, that has a cabin for sleeping. Large size is not a prerequisite. Some boats as small as 17 ft meet this definition.