What is the difference between a Boat and a Ship?
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Boats are normally smaller than a ship. The saying goes, "A ship can carry a boat but not vice versa."\n\nThere is no technical cut-off point where a boat is considered a ship.  If it's big (i.e. Aircraft carrier, cruise ship, etc) then it's a ship.
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Size matters for several reasons. Overall efficiency is increased on larger ships. Less fuel than three or four ships, to haul the same amount of cargo. Size matters when you are landing fixed wing aircraft on the ship (aircraft carrier). It also matters when riding out bad weather where sea swells have been measured to be 90-100 feet high. However close in to shore, where most modern combat is being done, the smaller ships have some advantage as to maneuverability and speed. Compare it to a Cadillac Escalade SUV and a Honda Civic Coupe. The Escalade is better for hauling a lot of stuff a long ways, while the Civic is better for around town.\nFor your Cruiser vs Frigate issue, the size of the two has gotten so close that there really isn't much difference.
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THE BOW IS THE  FRONT OF THE BOAT AND THE STERN IS THE BACK.\n\nYOU SHOULD NEVER ANCHOR OUT ON JUST THE STERN, IF YOUR GOING TO ONLY USE ONE ANCHOR ALWAYS ANCHOR OUT ON THE BOW. ONLY ANCHOR OFF THE STERN IF YOU ARE GOING TO ANCHOR OUT THE BOW AS WELL.\n\nALSO IF YOUR WONDERING, THE PORT SIDE IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOAT AND THE STARBOARD IS THE RIGHT SIDE.
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Wunderkin, one can only wonder at your question. A canoe IS a boat. There are many kinds of canoes -- open canoe, solo canoe, whitewater canoe, marathon canoe, voyageur canoe, war canoe, outrigger canoe, dragon boat (which is also a kind of canoe) - in short, any open boat that you paddle forward (unlike a row boat, in which you row going backwards, or a scull, which you also row backwards) is a canoe. \nI have no idea if that answers your question or not.
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If you're sailing and the wind stops, you coast.  Then you're moving faster than the wind.\n\nIf there's no wind and you're using the boat as a surfboard.\n\nIf you're reaching with a light planing hull, your hull speed can exceed the wind speed.  The wind speed relative to the boat is a combination of the wind speed and the boat speed. Conditions would need to be nearly perfect.
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The sailboat has always been essential to human beings since the beginning of time. For many centuries, the only means of transportation, except by foot, was by sea, and it remains very important for industries and pleasure. The sailboat has evolved throughout the years, changing shape, style, and size numerous times. The result is that we currently have many types of sailboats from which to choose. The first sailboat we have any known record of is the Egyptian River Boat invented by the Egyptians in Egypt 4,000 B.C. At that time, sailboats were used mainly for business reasons, trading and shipping. Through the years, as peoples¹ lives have changed, so have the boats. They have become larger, more efficient, and make better use of the materials and space. Sailboats are also now designed for pleasure, and have become so high tech that you can live on them for an extended period of time. Because of the many varieties and kinds of sailboats, it is very difficult to give a complete and accurate description that applies to all of them. When seen on the horizon, sailboats look similar to a large shark or fish sticking a fin out in the air. They look like a triangle, the hull at the bottom, and the sails rising far above and intersecting at a 45 degree point at the top. However, the basic features are similar on all sailboats, from tiny sunfishes to massive shipping boats. At least one sail, or a piece of cloth to catch the wind, propels the boat forward. Most old fashioned sailboats had numerous sails, but modern day sailboats are usually found with two or three. A part of a sailboat that every boat must have is the hull, or body of the sailboat. The front part is called the bow and the back of the sailboat is called the stern, which is where most of the actual steering and sailing is done. The keel, which extends into the water, helps to keep the boat upright and prevent sideways movement. The boat is steered with the rudder, which also sticks into the water and moves from left to right or vice versa, forcing the water to one side or the other, therefore turning it. The spars are the poles that hold up, or support the sails. The rigging is the ropes and wires that enable the sails to be put up, down, and side to side to catch the wind. However, no matter what the purpose of the boat, sailing on the open ocean is always an exciting, refreshing and thrilling experience
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In nautical terms, a dredge is a boat or barge equipped with a dredge....and a dredge ON a dredge is an implement consisting of a net on a frame, used for gathering shellfish. \n\nHope that helps!
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in my experience a boat trailer is a boat trailer. as long as the sail boat isn't bigger than the motorboat it should fit right on there. but is the sail boat is much bigger then you should look into a new trailer as modifying the existing trailer my be more expensive that just getting a new one.
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lift vs drag which is basically the same principle as flight, but in the water it's called hydrodynamics.  the body is naturally buoyant, but the propulsion created by sculling/kicking forces the body to move in different directions.  for treading, that direction is toward the surface.
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A skipper is a man who has command of a boat or ship. It is more or less equivalent to "captain". At sea he has absolute command over his men.\n\nThe word is derived from the Dutch word schipper; schip is Dutch for "ship". In Dutch sch- is pronounced [s-kh-] (not [sh] as in German), and English-speakers rendered this as [sk-].\n\n\nThe word is now commonly used to refer to the leader of any group of men, particularly in the Armed Forces and sporting teams ie. Soccer, Cricket, Rugby.
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Both Canoes and Kayaks come in a variety of sizes and shapes for different purposes and numbers of paddlers.   \n\n *  Kayaks are closed in boats with double ended paddles.\n    * Canoes are open boats with single paddles.\n   \nThere are several differences between a Kayak and a Canoe:\n\nKayaks\nThe current form of kayaks originated from the Eskimos they generally have a covered in deck and are paddled from a seated position with double ended paddles.\nEskimos in the Arctic made them out of seal skins generally using whale bones and driftwood to form the frame.\nIt is quite possible to roll back up again using the paddle after capsizing one of these kayaks as a spray cover is generally used to seal the opening around the paddler.\n\nCanoes\nThe current form of canoes originated from the North American Indians, they are generally open boats with turned up ends, which are paddled from a kneeling or sitting position with single ended paddles.\nThey were often made of birch bark with a timber frame\n\n\n\nMost canoes and kayaks are currently made of a form of blow moulded plastic which is very tough and absorbs a lot of impact with rocks and other objects as they are paddled around.\nSpecialist boats are often made of glassfibre or some of the advanced composites using kevlar and carbon fibre such as those used for the bodywork of formula one racing cars and racing yachts.\n\nKAYAK - is a palindrome, one of those words that is spelt the same backwards or forwards!
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Boats do NOT displace more water than they weigh - the amount of water displaced is EQUAL to the weight of the boat. Salt water is heavier per cubic meter than pure water or fresh water, so a smaller amount of salt water would be displaced for the same weight boat. If the density of the solution was extremely high, as in mercury, the boat would appear to sit on top of the liquid.
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Because a ship has surface area, a needle doesn't. Water can flow around it, so it sinks.
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The vessel being overtaken is always stand-on and has the right of way.  Typically a sailboat has right of way over a powerboat but in a overtaking situation, if a sailboat is ovetaking a powerboat the powerboat is stand-on and has right of way.
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what type of ship? A merchant ship will do about 20 miles an hour..(30 kph).......a sailboat will average 4 to 6 mph (6-9 kph)....so, do the math...........if youre asking can you take a sailboat from Germany to Galveston in 3 months, sure...and have time to stop along the way.
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The waterline is the point on the ship that the water comes up to.  There are two waterlines.  The one where the water comes up to when the ship is loaded (either with cargo or passengers), and the one the water comes to when the ship is empty.  The boat decks, are the floors.  You can have cargo decks (or the hold) where cargo is stored.  You can have passanger decks where people can reside.  You also can have the ouside decks.  In the case of an aircraft carrier, it is referred to as the flight deck.  The keel, is the line down the center of the underside of the ship.  In older times, this keel went down below the ship several feet.  Now a days, they are only a few inches.  These helped to keep the ships from tipping or "keeling" over.  Thus the saying "keeping an even keel".   I hope this helps a little.
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they say it's not the size of the ship,but the motion of the ocean. But a row boat in the middle of the pacific is quite different than a freighter in a small pond. the row boat can get lost real easy while the frieghter can't even move. you just have to hope the two parts are of a compatable size,then you get the most wonderful kind of friction. But for me tighter is always better.