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rowboat rental
A place where kayaks, canoes, or any boats propelled manually with oars can be rented.
A rowboat rental facility is a place where small boats propelled manually by oars or paddles can be rented. This includes rentals of canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and similar boats.
Manual propulsion can use oars or handheld paddles. Canoes and kayaks are included even though they are not ordinarily called rowboats.
Paddleboat rental concerns boats powered by foot pedals. The similar word does not place a handheld-paddle boat in that category.
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