Sport and recreational purposes
The use for sport and recreational purposes is given if the craft is used for ship-related sport activities or ship-related recreation of the persons on board, for example for:
- sailing sport,
- motorboat sport,
- fishing, or
- diving.
In particular, there is no sport or recreational purpose in the following cases:
- commercial voyages where the transport of persons is in the foreground (e.g. water taxis);
- commercial voyages with touristic motives, such as harbour round trips, disco, birthday and wedding trips;
- burials at sea.