Thus youth with record overturned boats (7)

I believe the answer is:

pedalos

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'boats' is the definition.
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'thus youth with record overturned' is the wordplay.
'thus' becomes 'so' (synonyms).
'youth' becomes 'lad' (lad means a young man).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'record' becomes 'EP' (abbreviation for extended play record).
'overturned' is a reversal indicator.
'so'+'lad'+'ep'='soladep'
'soladep' reversed gives 'PEDALOS'.

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