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bareboat

American  
[bair-boht] / ˈbɛərˌboʊt /

adjective

  1. providing a boat only, exclusive of crew, stores, fuel, and the like.

    a bareboat charter.


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Etymology

Origin of bareboat

bare 1 + boat

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The company has secured a 15-year bareboat charter to provide a floating storage and offloading unit in Papua New Guinea, the country’s first offshore floating facility, it notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

Instead of the DIY bareboat charter we prefer, many visitors choose to charter a boat that comes with either a captain or a full crew.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2018

Prices for a week-long bareboat charter range from $2,000 to $13,000 from April through December, depending on the size and style of sailboat.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2018

When cruising in bareboat locales, the cost to pick up a mooring buoy can run about $20 a night.

From Time Magazine Archive

NauticBlue is the powerboat side of The Moorings, a worldwide bareboat charter company, and it offers both catamaran and single-hull motoryachts in places as diverse as the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands and Greece.

From Time Magazine Archive

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