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minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/yacht Take the L.
minus-squareebc@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoSailboats 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.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoDefine 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
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYacht 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.
I said Yacht, not a sail boat.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/yacht
Take the L.
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.
Define yacht then
Edit: oh, it seems, the American English strikes again
As per UK definition I’m accustomed to, a yacht is:
While the US definition is:
Although this, too, doesn’t rule out a yacht not necessarily being expensive, and don’t really say what’s large in actual size
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.