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Some boats too large for the Naval definition
include the Great Lakes freighter, riverboat, narrow boat and ferryboat.
However, these examples generally do operate on inland and protected
coastal waters. Modern submarines can also be called boats, despite
their underwater capabilities and size. This may be because the first
submarines could be carried by a ship and were not capable of making
independent offshore passages. Boats may be used by the military or
other government interests, or for research or commercial purposes;
but regardless of size, a vessel in private, non-commercial usage is
almost certainly a boat.
Dinghy,
Dragon boat, Dredge,
Drift Boat,
Durham Boat, Ferry,
Fishing Trawler,
Fishing boat,
Folding boat,
Gondola,
Houseboat, Hovercraft,
The roughly horizontal, but cambered structures
spanning the hull of the boat are referred to as the "deck". In a ship
there are often several, but a boat is unlikely to have more than one.
The similar but usually lighter structure which spans a raised cabin
is a coach-roof. The "floor" of a cabin is properly known as the sole
but is more likely to be called the floor. (A floor is properly, a structural
member which ties a frame to the keelson and keel.) The underside of
a deck is the deck head.
Hydrofoil,
Hydroplane,
Jet ski, Jet Boat,
Jon boat, Kayak,
Landing craft,
Lifeboat, Luxury
yacht,
The keel is a lengthwise structural member
to which the frames are fixed (sometimes referred to as a backbone).
The vertical surfaces dividing the internal space are bulkheads. The
front of a boat is called the bow or prow. The rear of the boat is called
the stern. The right side is starboard and the left side is port. On
old time boats, a Figurehead sits on the front of the bow.
Motorboat,
Narrow boat,
Outrigger canoe,
Pontoon, Raft,
Riverboat, Runabout,
Sailboat, Ski boat,
Skiff,
Unusual boats have been used for sports purposes - for example,
in "big bathtub races" which use boats made from bathtubs. Pumpkins
have been used as boats as in the annual Pumpkin Boat Race on Lake Otsego
in New York state, USA. In this race, very large, hollowed out pumpkin
shells are used for boats, powered by canoe paddles.
Submarine,
Surf boat,
Trimaran, Tugboat,
U-boat, Wakeboard
boat, Water taxi,
Whaleboat, Yacht,
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