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When does a boat become a ship or what defines a boat or a ship.?

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When does a boat become a ship or what defines a boat or a ship.?

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  1. just about all these answers are incorrect, and the one guy had a point -this is on here all the time, a ship can carry a boat and not vis-versa, and when it comes to sailing ships they have to have three or more masts, and any vessel over 40' is a yacht, i do not know where the 100' came in, also a ship has a full continuous deck from bow to stern, this doesn't count the hull/ bilge area , running decks above level. A vessel can be 50' and be considered a ship if it fits all the parameters


  2. Well, we could get technical, I suppose. Among sailing vessels, the distinction between ships and boats is that a ship is a square-rigged craft with at least three masts, and a boat isn't. With regard to motorized craft, a ship is a large vessel intended for oceangoing or at least deep-water transport, and a boat is anything else.

    But in simple terms: ships have to be big enough to carry boats, and boats have to be small enough to be carried by ships

  3. ships are massive man, you know it takes 27 miles for the biggest ship to fully stop, crikey blimey mate!

  4. To be pedantic a ship is a vessel with three or four masts square rigged on all masts. A boat is a vessel small enough to be carried and launched by a ship.

  5. A boat has oars, and the old merchant mariners said, and speaking of 'ores  'ows yer sister? No offence meant!

  6. Look up previous questions.

    Ships are generally larger than boats but one of the biggest boats are submarines. There is really no acceptable general definition.

  7. A ship can safely go into the open Ocean.A boat should aways be able to see land.

  8. You can carry a boat on a ship but not a ship on a boat

  9. Unlike boats, ships have a deck.

  10. Over 50 feet and its a ship

  11. I read just this week that anything over 100 feet is a ship.

  12. Week in, week out, again and again, this question appears...

    Do you have an idea why there is a "search for question" textbox in the top of yahoo answers section? Or maybe you're too lazy to think about it?
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