Pilot boat
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A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because
Pilot boat in Victoria, British Columbia
New York Sandy Hook pilot boat Pet, No. 9
Pilot boat rounding lighthouse at Victoria, Canada and heading out to guide in a ship
Pilot boat pulls alongside a cruise ship
Cutter (boat)
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A cutter is any of various types of watercraft. The term can refer to the rig of a sailing vessel, to a governmental enforcement agency vessel, to a type of ship's boat which can be used under sail or
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…boats were heavy working boats, and filled with fishing equipment, and so a new type of boat was required. Early boats were developed from single masted cutters and twin masted yawls, and latterly into the specialist pilot cutter. These were effectively light-weight and over-powered single-masted boats with…
A gaff cutter, Kleine Freiheit, with a genoa jib set
USCGC Legare, an example of a US Coast Guard cutter
Illustration of the British cutter HMS Nimble chasing a French cutter in 1781
A cutter secured to a boat boom, ready for use, alongside an anchored battleship during the First World War