Semerwater attracts canoers, windsurfers, yachtsmen and fishermen. Portaferry Lifeboat is an essential lifeline for local fishermen and yachtsmen. Its bay beach is popular with swimmers, fishermen, yachtsmen, and kitesurfers. Yachtsmen may wish to contact the Morro Bay Yacht Club. To yachtsmen accustomed to seeing racing yachts out of the water, Australia II is striking. At its peak, the village is swelled by visiting yachtsmen and their yachts. Well known yachtsmen, boat designers and enthusiasts made Sutton Manor home as well. It is commonly attended by marine manufacturers, ship and boat builders as well as yachtsmen. Both Aleksandr and Yuri were keen yachtsmen. The river is used by yachtsmen as a safe harbour. In 1885, William Weld challenged the yachtsmen of North Haven to a race. The crew of Royal Yachtsmen were volunteers from the general service of the Royal Navy. Gatty opened a navigation school, teaching marine navigation to yachtsmen. Both her father and her husband were writers (on the law), London barristers, and yachtsmen. James Milson Jnr was a prominent figure among yachtsmen from the early 1830s.