1 We can go all the way by motorboat.

2 His motorboat hurtled along the river.

3 He havened his motorboat on a small harbour.

4 Their motorboat struck a rock and began to sink.

5 The motorboat put on speed as soon as it left the pier.

6 The water-skier was caught in the backwash from a passing motorboat.

7 This motorboat fouled a wooden boat.

8 The wash of a large motorboat rocked the little dinghy.

9 I thought we might hire a motorboat and take a trip round/around the bay.

10 When crew raised an alarm,[] he climbed down and escaped in a motorboat.

11 Motorboats are also available for hire, as are the pedaloes and sailing dinghies.

12 When he opened the door downstairs, he heard the roar of a motorboat leaving from the boathouse at the back.

13 The official was convicted of criminal damage for ramming the craft with a motorboat, then whacking it with a shovel.

14 Before leaving, we lowered one of our motorboats to circle the area.

15 Richie, who always lay on his back,() produced a sound similar to the underwater gurgling of an old motorboat.

16 The Grand Canal was wider than she'd anticipated, teeming with water-buses and motorboats, barges and gondolas.

17 Commandos would land from the destroyer and from coastal forces motorboats in small assault parties, demolition squads, and protection parties.

18 Michele secured the motor-boat to one of the mooring rings and handed her out.

19 Even on the lake for instance, motorboats are not allowed and the hired boats run on electricity.

20 Powerboat racing began about the end of last century, and became truly international in 1922 with the organization of the Union for International Motorboating (UIM).