Time on board yacht wasted gossiping (6)
I believe the answer is:
chatty
'time on board yacht wasted gossiping' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'time on board yacht wasted' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'on board' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are taken on board).
'wasted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'yacht' is an anagram of 'chaty'.
't' going into 'chaty' is 'CHATTY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chatty that I've seen before include "Loquacious" , "Talkative or garrulous" , "Communicative" , "Full of (trivial) conversation" , "given to talking" .)