Paddleboats

JULIE ROVNER: Dan Thystrup makes paddleboats at his small company in North Webster, Indiana. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Elaine was dimly aware of the sound of her flats on the Seville sidewalk, of the paddleboats on the river to her right, but they were the memories—her reality was ten years ago, written on her arms in bruises, solid in the banister she clung to on that night and other nights that were the same. ❋ Kelli Trapnell (2011)

In the meantime, could we please have a foot ferry, paddleboats, kayaks, or something? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Birgh shop has 37 paddleboats total, along with another 40 vessels, ranging from kayaks to paddlebikes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Wang Chengyun/Xinhua/Zuma Press Tourists took paddleboats out on the water to enjoy a different view of the cherry blossoms Saturday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Jefferson Memorial stood at the edge of the water, its white marble dome and Ionic columns contrasting with the purple dragon-shaped paddleboats dotting the water in front of the monument. ❋ Allison Leotta (2010)

The crowd had thinned and all the paddleboats were docked. ❋ Allison Leotta (2010)

The lake has been used for years for paddleboats and it's stocked every winter with trout, not to mention the largemouths and other fish that remain all year. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The river at this time is filled with paddleboats. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most modern were large car-carrying boats, which looked a bit like Mississippi River paddleboats, bringing hundreds of vehicles made at the Chang'An factory in Chongqing downriver to the coast. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After that we tried going out on the lake in the paddleboats they have at the zoo, but it was just too hot, particularly with the life-preserver around our necks. ❋ Lyda222 (2007)

The morning sun was getting hot, Judy was tiring, so he had to drag her a little to get her to come along with him, but she brightened when she saw the boats, little paddleboats that seated two, which one pedaled like a bicycle. ❋ Mark Jude Poirier (2007)

According to maps which means it was true within the last several years, which is good enough for me you can rent paddleboats for use in the Tidal Basin just south of the Mall in Washington, D.C., the body of water that gracefully surrounds the Jefferson Memorial and backs up against a large stand of cherry trees. ❋ Jeremiah McNichols (2006)

I didn't want to completely rewrite it - the paddleboating insinuated itself into the scene pretty well - so I looked at maps and websites until I located another walkable urban center with access to a pond that rented paddleboats, and which also had a major zoo that was fairly accessible to the city center another important plot point relied on that. ❋ Jeremiah McNichols (2006)

One of those fiberglass stern-wheeler paddleboats from the Calang water park, where his father had taken him several times as a boy. ❋ Richard Lewis (2006)

John - "Man, [Mary's] tits were so nice, I just [Paddleboat] ([ed]) the shit out of them!" ❋ Chops & Stuck (2007)

I got [drunk] and [his girl] wouldn't let me [motorboat] her so I paddleboated her. ❋ Jacks Finger (2014)

I paddleboated [your mum] [last night], she [loved] it. ❋ L - Dog (2014)

I [went up] to my bro [and did] a [paddleboat] on his balls ❋ The-most-dangerous-wanker (2021)

she bent forward toward me, but i was eating a [donut] and so [my mouth] was full, so i shoved my hand into her [cleavage] and paddleboated her. ❋ The Jello Fetus (2016)

Whilst down in the [bayou] me and the boys from the [gator wrestling] squad wanted to try the Dutch Rudder, but as there were twelve of us we ended up doing the [Mississippi Paddleboat]. ❋ Deconius (2016)

Being a high-powered alpha male [rocket surgeon], the only way I can get off while I'm on leave from Seal Team 6 is when Debbie and her [knitting circle] surprise me with a [Mongolian Paddleboat Mutiny]. ❋ Beezunquette (2023)