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Boat

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.

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History

Types

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Building materials

Propulsion

Buoyancy

European Union classification

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Boat

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples90
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Boat

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related to Types · 25
Boat → Any, Assen, BC, Boats, Bronze Age, Drents Museum, England, Hide, Neolithic, Netherlands, Nile, Other, Outside Egypt, Pesse, Pinus, Plank-built, Powered, Some, The, The Ferriby
related to European Union classification · 8
Boat → Class, EU's Recreational Craft Directive, Europe, Force, RCD, Since, The Directive, Winds
related to Building materials · 7
Boat → By, Early, French, In, Reinforced, This, Until
related to Propulsion · 7
Boat → EngineInboard, Fan, Inboard/outboard, Man, Outboard, The, Wind
related to Terminology · 7
Boat → Above, Facing, It, On, The, Vertical, While
related to Buoyancy · 6
Boat → As, Baltic, Boats, Exceeding, If, Plimsoll
related to Differentiation from other prehistoric watercraft · 6
Boat → Australia, Consequently, In, The, These, Today
related to External links · 4
Boat → Freshwater, Marine Image Bank, University, Washington Libraries Digital Collections
see also · 4
Boat → AboraBargeBoat, Log, PiroguePoveiroRescue, PlanetSolarYacht
is a · 2
Boat → vessel small enough to be carried aboard a ship.Submarines are referred to as boats rather than ships regardless of their size.Boats vary in proportions and construction methods…, watercraft of a large range of types and sizes

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boats used steel hull made may large fiberglass vessels wood world recreational use fishing ship also buoyancy raft canoe water

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Boatis awatercraft of a large range of types and sizes0.90text
Boatis avessel small enough to be carried aboard a ship.Submarines are referred to as boats rather than ships regardless of their size.Boats vary in proportions and construction methods…0.90text
riversinstance ofor its ability to carry boats.Small boats are typically used on inland waterways0.80text
lakesinstance ofor its ability to carry boats.Small boats are typically used on inland waterways0.80text
or in protected coastal areasinstance ofor its ability to carry boats.Small boats are typically used on inland waterways0.80text
the settlement of Australiainstance ofThese would have been used for voyages0.80text
which occurred sometime between 50instance ofThese would have been used for voyages0.80text
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60instance ofThese would have been used for voyages0.80text
000 years ago.A boat differs from a raft by obtaining its buoyancy by having most of its structure exclude water with a waterproof layerinstance ofThese would have been used for voyages0.80text
e.g.instance ofThese would have been used for voyages0.80text
the planks of a wooden hullinstance ofThese would have been used for voyages0.80text

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