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

Ships: http://www.thepirateking.com/ships/ship_types.htm