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Types of Boats, Ships, and Yachts Translated
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boats, types of
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1 barge gabare barcaza 1
2 boat bateau boot barca barca, barco 2
3 catamaran nosconi catamarán 3
4 centre board dinghy dériveur 4
5 clipper course croisière 5
6 cruising yacht croisière 6
7 dinghy canot, youyou 7
8 ferry bac, transbordeur 8
9 flybridge yacht imbarcazione fly 9
10 goods barge barge barcaza 10
11 inflatable dinghy canot pneumatique imbarcazione pneumatica 11
12 inflatable life raft balsa salvavida inflable 12
13 ketch ketch 13
14 life-boat canot de sauvetage bote salvavidas 14
15 liner paquebot carguero regular 15
16 lugger lougre 16
17 motorsailer voilier mixte 17
18 motor yacht yacht motorjacht moto nave 18
19 passenger barge chaloupe 19
20 pleasure boat natante di diporto 20
21 racing yacht course-croisière 21
22 rib membre costillage 22
23 river barge péniche 23
24 rowing boat canot à rames 24
25 sailboard planche à voile 25
26 sailing boat voilier velero 26
27 sailing dinghy dériveur 27
28 sailing ship grand voilier 28
29 sand yacht char à voile 29
30 sardine fishing boat sardinier 30
31 schooner goelette 31
32 ship navire buque 32
33 shrimp fishing boat bisquine camaronero 33
34 sloop sloop balandra 34
35 speedboat hors-bord 35
36 submarine sous-marin submarino 36
37 tender annexe escampávia, buque-madre 37
38 trawler chalutier pesquero de arraste 38
39 tub (old boat) rafiot 39
40 tug remorqueur remolcador 40
41 tuna fishing boat thonier atunero 41
42 vessel vaisseau buque 42
43 warship bâtiment de combat buque de guerra 43
44 water lighter bateau citerne 44
45 whale boat ballenera 45
46 wind surfer planche à voile 46
47 yacht croisière jacht jacht yate 47
48 yacht (coastal) croisière côtière 48
49 yacht (cruising) croisière 49
50 yacht (motor) yacht 50
51 yacht (plastic-hulled) quillard 51
52 yacht (racing) course-croisière 52
53 yacht (sailing) grand voilier 53
54 yawl yawl 54