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2. List of boat types - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships , see: List of sailing boat types This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

3. Gunwale - Wikipedia

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   Gunwale. The gunwale ( / ˈɡʌnəl /) is the top edge of the hull of a ship or boat. [ 1] Originally the structure was the "gun wale " on a sailing warship, a horizontal reinforcing band added at and above the level of a gun deck to offset the stresses created by firing artillery. Over time it remained as a valuable stiffener mounted inboard ...

4. Hull (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy ), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is ...

5. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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   A cargo vessel used for trade between Eastern India and Indochina. Brig. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Brigantine. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the main. Caravel. (Portuguese) A much smaller, two, sometimes three-masted ship. Carrack.

6. Bow (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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   Bow (watercraft) The bow ( / baʊ /) is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, [ 1] the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern. [ 2] Prow may be used as a synonym for bow or it may mean the forward-most part of the bow above the waterline.

7. Topsides - Wikipedia

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   The topsides on a boat, ship, watercraft, or floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, is that part of the hull between the waterline and the deck. [ 1] It includes the visible parts of the bow, stern, sheer, and, if present, tumblehome . On an offshore oil platform, topsides refers to the upper half of the structure, above the ...