How Many Forms of Boat Are There?
This is a short list of boat types.
(Types of sailing vessels is a whole other list – coming soon.)
Got any to add? Make a Comment and I’ll put them on the list with credit to you. Thanks.
Airboat
Banana boat (merchant)
Banana boat (recreational)
Barge
Bass boat
Bathtub Boat
Boita
Bow rider
Bracera
Cabin cruiser
Cable ferry
Canoe
Cape Islander
Captain’s gig
Car-boat
Car float
Catamaran
Center console
Coble
Coracle
Cornish pilot gig
Crash rescue boat
Cruise ship
Cuddy boat
Cutter
Dhow
Dinghy
Dory
Dragger
Dragon boat
Drift boat
Drifter (fishing)
Drifter (naval)
Dugout
Durham boat
Electric boat
Express cruiser
Ferry
Fireboat
Fishing boat (contemporary)
Fishing boat (traditional)
Float tube
Flyak
Flying boat
Folding boat
Friendship sloop
Full rigged pinnace
Garbage scow
Go-fast boat
Gondola
Gundalow
Great Lakes freighter
Houseboat
Hovercraft
Hydrofoil
Hydroplane
Ice boat
Inflatable boat
Jetboat
Jet ski
Jon boat
Jukung
Junk
Kayak and Sea kayak
Ketch
Launch
Landing craft
Lifeboat
Lighter
Log boat
Langschiff
Longboat
Longship
Longtail
Lugger
Luxury yacht
Mackinaw boat
Masula boat
Missile boat
Monitor
Motorboat
Motor Launch (naval)
Narrowboat
Nordland
Norfolk wherry
Oil Tanker
Optimist
Outrigger canoe
Padded V-hull
Paddle steamer
Patrol boat
Personal water craft (PWC)
Pinnace (ship’s boat)
Pirogue
Pleasure barge
Pleasure craft
Police watercraft
Pontoon
Powerboat
Pram (boat)
Pram (ship)
Proa
Pump boat
Punt
Raft
Reaction ferry
Recreational trawler
Reed boat
Rigid-hulled inflatable
Riverboat
Runabout
Rowboat
Sailboat
Sampan
Schooner
Scow
Sea kayak and Kayak
Shad boat
Shallop
Sharpie
Shikara
Ship
Ship’s tender
Ski boat
Skiff
Skipjack
Steam boat
Slipper Launch
Sloop
Speed boat
Submarine
Supertanker
Surf boat
Swift boat
Tarai Bune
Tjotter
Torpedo boat
Towboat
Train ferry
Trimaran
Trawler (fishing)
Trawler (naval)
Trawler (recreational)
Tugboat
U-boat
Umiak
Very Slender Vessel
Waka
Wakeboard boat
Walkaround
Water ambulance
Water taxi
Weidling
Whaleboat
Yacht
Yawl
Zille
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boat_types
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