RECREATIONAL OUTBOARD POWER BOAT

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RECREATIONAL OUTBOARD POWER BOAT

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:17 pm

Nauru issued a set of stamps in 1981 for fishing the 32c shows us a single outboard recreational power boat. Of the craft I have not any information, Wikipedia gives for recreational fishing boats the following.
Recreational fishing is done for pleasure or sport, and not for profit or survival. Just about anything that will stay afloat can be called a recreational fishing boat, so long as a fisher periodically climbs aboard with the intent to catch a fish. Usually some form of fishing tackle is brought on board, such as hooks, lines, sinkers or nets. Fish are caught for recreational purposes from boats which range from dugout canoes, kayaks, rafts, pontoon boats and small dinghies to runabouts, cabin cruisers and cruising yachts to large, hi-tech and luxurious big game rigs. Larger boats, purpose-built with recreational fishing in mind, usually have large, open cockpits at the stern, designed for convenient fishing.
Big game fishing started as a sport after the invention of the motorized boat. Charles Frederick Holder, a marine biologist, and early conservationist is credited with founding the sport in 1898. Purpose-built game fishing boats appeared shortly after. An example is the Crete, in use at Catalina Island, California, in 1915, and shipped to Hawaii the following year. According to a newspaper report at that time, the Crete had "a deep cockpit, a chair fitted for landing big fish and leather pockets for placing the pole.
It is difficult to estimate how many recreational fishing boats there are, although the number is high. The term is fluid since most recreational boats are also used for fishing from time to time. Unlike most commercial fishing vessels, recreational fishing boats are often not dedicated just to fishing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_v ... al_vessels
Nauru 1981 32c sg 240, scott?
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