Watercraft
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A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine.
A dinghy
A 17th-century sailing raft in Paita harbour (Peru).
A container ship in the Suez Canal
A Severn-class lifeboat in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England.
Boat
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A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.
Watercraft
…A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine. Historically, watercraft have been divided into two main categories…
A recreational motorboat with an outboard motor
Silver model of a boat, tomb PG 789, Royal Cemetery of Ur, 2600–2500 BCE
Boats with sails in Bangladesh
Traditional Toba Batak boat (c. 1870), photograph by Kristen Feilberg