Boat
A boat is a vehicle used to travel on water. It is smaller than a ship and can be lifted out of the water and carried on a ship. Some boats have sails, some are powered by rowing with oars, and some use motors. Those that use steam engines are steamboats. There are some boats that can go underwater. They are called submarines. A narrowboat is a boat designed to be used on narrow canals. It is sometimes called a barge.
Historically, most boats have been constructed from wood. However, more recently built boats are often made of metals like steel and aluminium. Expensive boats may have parts made from fiberglass or composite materials and some even have helicopter pads.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, all are in the same boat, just trying to stay afloat.[1]
History
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The Pesse Canoe is likely the oldest boat recovered to date as it was built sometime around 8,000 BCE[2]
Photos
Boat Media
A recreational motorboat with an outboard motor
- Silver model of a boat, tomb PG 789, Royal Cemetery of UR, 2600-2500 BCE.jpg
Silver model of a boat, tomb PG 789, Royal Cemetery of Ur, 2600–2500 BCE
- সারি সারি পাল তোলা নৌকা.jpg
Boats with sails in Bangladesh
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een Toba Batak prauw met houtsnijwerk op de voorsteven TMnr 60011149.jpg
Traditional Toba Batak boat (c. 1870), photograph by Kristen Feilberg
- Boats at Bhimili beach in Visakhapatnam.jpg
Fishing boats in Visakhapatnam, India
References
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- ↑ Smith, Christopher (1992). The last Stone Age Hunters of the British Isles. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 0415072026.
