Definition of "boatmanship" []

• The art of managing a boat. (noun)

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• "Certain it was that The Big Mallard was the supreme test of courage and boatmanship."
• "With superb boatmanship he threaded the narrow, tortuous channel which no craft larger than a whaleboat could negotiate, until the shoals and patches showed seaward and they grounded on the quiet, rippling beach."
• "They greatly improved his boatmanship, and strengthened his growing muscles."