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A houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington, US Houseboat Cornelia in Ystad, Sweden, 2018. A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily for regular dwelling. Most houseboats are not motorized, as they are usually moored or kept stationary, fixed at a berth, and often tethered to land to provide utilities ...
HMS Tristram – submarine in His Majesty's U-Boat by Douglas Reeman, 1973; HMS Tynecastle – frigate in Trapp and World War Three by Brian Callison, 1988; U-174 – Kriegsmarine U-boat, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992; U-246 – Kriegsmarine U-boat in Away Boarders! by J._E._Macdonnell, 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
Regatta Lepa is an annual boat festival in Semporna, Malaysia, celebrating the boatbuilding tradition of the Sama-Bajau communities in Sabah. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] Starting from 2019, Philippines start to introduce Lepa Festival as part of the celebrations for 46th Kamahardikaan Sin Tawi-Tawi (Provincial Day).
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A backwater view with houseboat from Biyyam Lake, Ponnani, India A Kerala houseboat in Alappuzha, India A kettuvallam houseboat with an upper deck. Kettuvallam is a houseboat widely used in the Indian state of Kerala. These have thatched roof covers over wooden hulls. [1] The traditional kettuvallam is mainly used for promoting Kerala tourism.
Vertical transom and stern of a modern cargo ship. In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel. Historically, they are a development from the canoe stern (or "double-ender") wherein which both bow and stern are pointed.
A pop-pop boat (also known as a flash-steamer, hot-air-boat, or toc-toc after a German version from the 1920s [1]) is a toy with a simple steam engine without moving parts, typically powered by a candle or vegetable oil burner. The name comes from the noise made by some versions of the boats.
A Sama-Bajau fishing vinta in Zamboanga with the characteristic colorful sails (c.1923) A small Sama-Bajau tondaan with sails deployed (c.1904) Two large Moro vinta from Mindanao in the houseboat (palau) configuration (c.1920) [1] The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao.