Boater has taken more than one craft backwards, eh? (5,3)

'boater' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'taken more than one craft backwards eh?' is the wordplay.
'taken' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'more than' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one craft' becomes 'art' (both can mean cunning or trickery).
'backwards' is a reversal indicator.
'eh?' becomes 'what' ('eh' can mean 'pardon' or 'what').
's' put after 'art' is 'arts'.
'arts' reversed gives 'stra'.
'stra'+'what'='STRAW-HAT'

'has' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?