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Types of Boats
Air Boat
Banana boat
Barge
Bow Rider
Cabin cruiser
Canoe
Catamaran
Cigarette
Coble
Center Console
Cruising Yachts
Cruising trawler
Dinghy
Dragon boat
Dredge
Drift Boat
Durham Boat
Ferry
Fishing Trawler
Fishing boat
Folding boat
Gondola
Houseboat
Hovercraft
Hydrofoil
Hydroplane
Jet ski
Jet Boat
Jon boat
Kayak
Landing craft
Lifeboat
Luxury yacht
Motorboat
Narrow boat
Outrigger canoe
Pontoon
Raft
Riverboat
Runabout
Sailboat
Ski boat
Skiff
Submarine
Surf boat
Trimaran
Tugboat
U-boat
Wakeboard boat
Water taxi
Whaleboat
Yacht
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Skiff Boats
The term skiff is used, and has been
used, to refer to many various types of seemingly unrelated small
boats.
One current usage of skiff is to refer to a typically small
flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and a flat stern
originally developed as an inexpensive and easy to build boat for
use by inshore fishermen. Originally designed to be powered by
rowing, their form has evolved so that they are efficiently powered
by outboard motors. The design is still in common use today for both
work and pleasure craft.
The Thames skiff is a round-bottom clinker-built boat that is still
very common on the River Thames and other rivers in England and
featured in the famous book about a journey up the Thames, Three Men
in a Boat. During the year, skiffing regattas are held in various
river-side towns - the major event being the Skiff Championships at
Henley.
Another current usage of skiff is to refer to a type of high
performance sailing dinghy, one that usually features an
asymmetrical spinnaker and requires that the crew use a trapeze to
help balance the boat. Examples include: 29er, 49er, 18 footer,
Musto Skiff, and International 14.
The Central American/Mexican version of a skiff is generally called
a 'Panga'. The term "Panga" was used historically for any small boat
other than dugout canoes. Today it usually refers to an open
"semi-dory" type skiff.
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