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2. Fishing vessel - Wikipedia

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   A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.

3. Chesapeake Bay deadrise - Wikipedia

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   One of the first types of purpose-built small powered fishing boats to appear on the Chesapeake Bay were the Hooper Island draketails of the 1920s and 1930s. The Hooper Island draketails featured construction similar to the sailing skipjacks, but were narrower as stability was not needed to carry a sail and a narrow hull made best use of the ...

4. Fisher (yachts) - Wikipedia

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   Fisher motorsailers were designed by David Freeman and Gordon Wyatt and, starting in the 1970s, over 1,000 were built. [1] There were four models, at lengths 25, 30, 31, 34, and 37 feet. All models had a trawler -style wheelhouse , which gave them the appearance of working boats.

5. Boston Whaler - Wikipedia

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   "It had two keels," said Fisher, "one inverted V between the runners and an anti-skid, anti-trip chine." Fisher tested the boat all that summer and thought it was “the greatest thing ever”. That fall, Fisher started running the boat in rough weather, and found that the hull displayed issues with handling and cavitation. Under heavy load ...

6. Traditional fishing boat - Wikipedia

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   The Chinese were using sails around 3000 BC, of a type that can still be seen on traditional fishing boats sailing off the coast of Vietnam in Ha Long Bay. A jangada is an elegant planked fishing boat used in northern Brazil. It has been claimed the jangada dates back to ancient Greek times. [32]

7. History of fishing - Wikipedia

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   The Great Fish Market, painted by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.