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2. Punt (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Punting on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers and shallow water. Punting is boating in a punt; the punter propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole.

3. Flats boat - Wikipedia

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   Flats boat with poling platform. Flats boats are a category of boat designed primarily for fishing in protected, shallow water areas [1] often referred to as "flats" by anglers. [2] While the name may be misconstrued to mean the boat hull is flat, this is not generally the case and include various v-hull designs. [3]

4. Keelboat - Wikipedia

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   A keel boat, [1] keelboat, [1] or keel-boat [2] is a type of usually long, narrow cigar-shaped riverboat, [1] or unsheltered water barge which is sometimes also called a poleboat—that is built about a slight keel and is designed as a boat built for the navigation of rivers, shallow lakes, and sometimes canals that were commonly used in ...

5. Far West (steamship) - Wikipedia

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   The Far West was often piloted by the famous river boat captain and pilot, Grant Marsh. The Far West was known as a fast boat because she had powerful engines, a hull with limited water resistance, and a low profile that reduced wind resistance. She set a number of speed records for both upstream and downstream travel on the Missouri and the ...

6. Flat-bottomed boat - Wikipedia

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   Man piloting a jon boat on the Speed River within Idylwild Park. A flat-bottomed boat is a boat with a shallow draft, two-chined hull, which allows it to be used in shallow bodies of water, such as rivers, because it is less likely to ground. The flat hull also makes the boat more stable in calm water, which is good for hunters and anglers ...

7. Scow - Wikipedia

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   The name "scow" derives from the Dutch schouw.Old Saxon has a similar word scaldan which means to push from the shore, clearly related to punting. [1]The basic scow was developed as a flat-bottomed barge (i.e. a large punt) capable of navigating shallow rivers and sitting comfortably on the bottom when the tide was out.