Possible Clues:

• Transport moved along accepting fare
• Pleasure boat's working day contributing to a record turnover
• Takes travellers around Rialto to abandoned lagoon around First of December
• Boat nearly departed with wrong load
• Venetian craft
• Slopes conveyance
• Ski resort transport
• Try replacement for lad on Italian vessel
• Small boat departs in choppy lagoon
• Boat almost lost, with unstable load