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1. A small boat that functions as a shallop, water taxi, or gondola. 2. In Portuguese, a small boat used for cabotage, propelled by either oars or sails. Those equipped with sails have a single mast. 3. A type of whaling boat used by the Basques in the mid-16th century in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador. change tack. Also switch tack.
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
Name Number built Year of first construction Designer Builder Notes 420: 56,000: 1959: Christian Maury: Several [12] [13]470: 1963 Christian Maury Several [14] [15]505: 1954
1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle
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Howard and Doane describe the following tradeoffs between cruising monohulls and catamarans: [38] A long-distance, offshore cruising monohull may be as short as 30 feet (9.1 m) for a given crew complement and supporting supplies, whereas a cruising catamaran would need to be 40 feet (12 m) to achieve the same capacity. In addition to greater ...