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2. Yacht - Wikipedia

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   A yacht (/ jɒt /) is a sail - or motor -propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing. [2][3][4] There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a yacht, as opposed to a boat, such a pleasure vessel is likely to be at least 33 feet (10 m) in ...

3. Longship - Wikipedia

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   Hedeby 1 is the name given to a longship found in the harbour of Hedeby in 1953. At nearly 31 metres (102 ft) long, it is of the Skeid type, built around 985 AD. With a maximum width of just 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) it has a width-to-length ratio of more than 11, making it the slimmest longship ever discovered.

4. List of sailing boat types - Wikipedia

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   Johnson Boat Works Melges Performance Sailboats [64] Barnett 1400: 1989: Ron & Gerry Hedlund: Barnett Boats & Windward Boatworks [65] Beneteau First 14: 2017: Samuel Manuard: Beneteau [66] [67] Beverly Dinghy: 1953: A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff: Cape Cod Shipbuilding [68] Blue Crab 11: 1971: Harry R. Sindle: Lockley Newport Boats & Mobjack ...

5. Optimist (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   Optimist (dinghy) The Optimist is a small, single-handed sailing dinghy intended for use by young people up to the age of 15. The Optimist is one of the two most popular sailing dinghies in the world, with over 150,000 boats officially registered with the class and many more built but never registered. It is sailed in over 120 countries [1] and ...

6. Single-handed sailing - Wikipedia

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   He made an aborted attempt at a single-handed crossing in 1888, and then in 1891 he issued a challenge to any single-hander to race him across the ocean for a prize of $5,000. Josiah W. Lawlor, the son of a famous boat-builder, took up the challenge, and the two men built 15-foot (5 m) boats for the race.

7. Coracle - Wikipedia

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   It is used in a sculling action, the blade describing a figure-of-eight pattern in the water. The paddle is used towards the front of the coracle, pulling the boat forward, with the paddler facing in the direction of travel. [6] The Welsh Coracle is intended to be carried on the back; Welsh saying is Llwyth dyn ei gorwgl (load of a man is his ...

8. Ship's boat - Wikipedia

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   In the age of sail, a ship carried a variety of boats of various sizes and for different purposes.In the navies they were: (1) the launch, or long-boat, the largest of all rowboats on board, which was of full, flat, and high built; (2) the barge, the next in size, which was employed for carrying commanding officers, with ten or twelve oars (3) the pinnace, which was used for transporting ...

9. Gondola - Wikipedia

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   Gondola. The gondola (English: / ˈɡɒndələ /, Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła, Venetian: [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling ...