Talk:Boating

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Removed the feline refence as it seemed more appropriate for the wiktionary section, it wasn't related to the act of sailing and was a direct unreferenced lift from http://canadian.helpdesk-station.com/canadian-boating/Boating.html. this topic should be more focused to the activity of boating and sailing or moved to the wiktionary.==Fazha

Much of this section was written by Chuck Hawley. I sincerely appreciate any comments on content or style. chuckhawley@earthlink.net

This section contains notes to myself on areas needing futher investigation for accuracy.

statement about 'most coast guards and safety courses' possible reference to those that do.--Fazha 04:54, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Added this section:

==Licensing== Depending on the country or [[continental union]], boating on coastal waters and inland waters may require a license. Usually, boating on coastal waters almost always requires a license, while boating on coastal waters only requires a license when a certain boat size is exceeded (eg a length of 20 meters), or when passenger ships, ferries or tugboats are steered. <ref>Info from Dutch wikipedia article; Vaarbewijs</ref> Boating on international waters does not require any license, due to the absence of any laws or restrictions in this area. Europe's continental union, the [[EU]], issues the [[International Certificate of Competence]].

Perhaps add additional references, ...

Can the definition be changed so that the scope of the article is changed away from the leisure activity to a more global term encompassing sailing, motorboating, paddling, ... ? Would allow to place the sailing article and other articles more in perspective by stating that they are a type of boating.

The definition should be changed to something like Boating is the act of moving a watercraft or boat across water.

boat should be mentioned as it needs to become a synonym to watercraft.

Perhaps info from this article can be moved to a new article like water sports or water leisure —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.66.60.118 (talk) 08:57, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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