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Types of Vessels

Bass Boats

A type of boat that generally has a flat deck, low free board, and a shallow draft that is used primarily for fishing protected lakes and rivers. The Triton 21 TRX is a prime example of a bass boat.

Bay Boat

 

A low freeboard center console fishing boat designed for near-shore and coastal use

Bow Rider

 

A powerboat with a seating area set in its bow

Cabin Cruiser

 

Generally, any larger powerboat that provides sleeping accommodations within its structure. This generic term can be used to describe motoryachts, expresses, and a number of different designs

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Catamaran

 

A power or sail craft with two hulls.

Center Console

 

A powerboat with its console and helm located in a central location on deck

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Cuddy Cabin

 

A powerboat with a relatively small cabin on its bow section.

Deck Boat

 

A powerboat with a flat, open deck plan and without any below-decks accommodations. Most deck boats have a rather boxy shape, instead of tapering to a point at the bow, to create more forward deck space

Downeast Boat

 

A traditional style of boat that is derived primarily from commercial Downeast lobster boat designs of the American Northeast

Dual Console

 

A boat with twin dashboards that are separated by a walk-through that allows access to a forward cockpit or seating area

Express Boat

 

A sleek powerboat with a steering station on deck level, no flying bridge, and a cabin forward of and lower than the helm station

Flats Boat

 

A powered skiff designed with an extremely shallow draft for fishing on flats and other shallow water areas

House Boat

 

Just as the name implies; these are boats that have a large home-like accommodations built on a barge-like hull

Inflatable Boat

 

Any boat with inflatable sponsons and a flexible bottom

Jon Boat

 

Small utilitarian craft with a flat bottom, which are usually constructed of aluminum

Multi-species Boat

 

An open and rugged dual console boat with a utilitarian cockpit that’s designed primarily for fishing lakes and rivers. Most are constructed of aluminum

Personal Watercraft

 

Small, open, jet-power watercraft that can seat one to three people. Often abbreviated as “PWC.”

Pontoon Boat

 

A flat-decked boat with a perimeter fence built atop two or more pontoons

Rigid Inflatable Hull Boat

 

An inflatable boat with sponsons built around a rigid fiberglass or aluminum hull. Also known as “RIBs.”

Runabout

 

A generic term used for any small powerboat, generally meant for day-boating with limited (if any) below-decks accommodations

Sail Boat

 

Any boat driven by sails

Sloop

 

A sailboat with one mast, a jib and a mainsail. The most common type of sailboat

Sportfish Yacht

 

Generally a large offshore fishing boat with an expansive aft cockpit, narrow side decks, a generous foredeck, and a flybridge that sits above a capacious main saloon

Tow Boat

A boat designed and built with an eye toward towing people who enjoy watersports such as wake boarding, wake surfing, or water skiing. Often, these are also called watersports boats.
 

 

Trawler

 

A rugged, long-distance recreational powerboat designed for cruising that resembles commercial fishing trawlers.
 

Trimaran

 

Any boat with three hulls.

Walkaround

A fishing boat built with side decks that allows anglers to walk around the cabin house and up to a foredeck

 

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