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• present participle of yacht.

yachting

American  

[yot-ing] / ˈjɒt ɪŋ /

noun

1. the practice or sport of sailing or voyaging in a yacht.

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yachting British  

/ ˈjɒtɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the sport or practice of navigating a yacht

   2. ( as modifier )

      yachting clothes

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Etymology

Origin of yachting

First recorded in 1830–40; yacht + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Mola Yachting rented out the boat on Sept. 6 from Hohe Düne harbor in Warnemünde, a German port town on the Baltic, near Rostock, which is about 145 miles north of Berlin.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

Denison Yachting was the leading brokerage of super yachts last year, selling 65 vessels of more than 80 feet in length; it sold 40 more super yachts in the first quarter of this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

He also was a columnist for several magazines, including Sail in the United States and Yachts & Yachting in the UK.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2021

Yachting may call to mind champagne flutes and seersucker, but danger and risk have always been a part of the America’s Cup.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2016

Yachting was the one hobby of his manhood, and a recreation in which he indulged himself at every opportunity, even to the very last.

From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville

Related Words

• maritime
• navigational
• seafaring