Random vocabulary question for sailors: this article talks about "boaters" on the coast, and I believe that anyone on the ocean is considered a "sailor" even if not on a sailboat (also, that you call anything on the ocean a "ship", as long as you could fit a dinghy on it). And you only use "boater" in the context of someone in freshwater/on a river, not using a sail. Anyone want to enlighten me on the proper usage? #sailing #boating #vocabulary

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/waves-beach-surf-wind-warning-socal-coast-la-oc

@ai6yr I feel like @N1ZZZ would have some light to shed on this one

@bud_t @N1ZZZ Thanks... @stevewfolds might be able to help me too I think.

@ai6yr @bud_t @N1ZZZ
I’d call being paid a sailor & recreational a boater.
Old idiom was “You can put a boat on a ship but not a ship on a boat.” That breaks down because there are ship shipping ships now.