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The boat has been dated to 40 BC (plus or minus 80 years) based on radiocarbon dating, [2] and 50 BC to 50 AD based on pottery (including a cooking pot and lamp) and nails found in the boat, as well as hull construction techniques. The evidence of repeated repairs shows the boat was used for several decades, perhaps nearly a century.
The canoe has been radiocarbon-dated at least twice, and was dated to 6556-6388 BCE and to 6164-6005 BCE, [3] making it the oldest known boat in Africa and (after the Pesse canoe) the second oldest worldwide. [3] [4] It was probably created in a longstanding boat-making tradition and used in fishing along the Komadugu Gana River. [3]
The torpedo stern or torpedo-boat stern describes a kind of stern with a low rounded shape that is nearly flat at the waterline, but which then slopes upward in a conical fashion towards the deck (practical for small high-speed power boats with very shallow drafts). [12] A Costanzi stern is a type of stern designed for use on ocean-going vessels.
The roughly 12-meter (39-foot) -long white and blue canoe-shaped boat found in Brazil shares the same characteristics of Mauritanian fishing pirogues frequently used by West African migrants and ...
One of the first types of purpose-built small powered fishing boats to appear on the Chesapeake Bay were the Hooper Island draketails of the 1920s and 1930s. The Hooper Island draketails featured construction similar to the sailing skipjacks, but were narrower as stability was not needed to carry a sail and a narrow hull made best use of the ...
Shufeldt’s boat was found with the assistance of the Skamania County Dive Team around 2 p.m. local time “in the Columbia River at a depth of approximately 40’ near the mouth of the White ...
An empty boat sparked a search for a 70-year-old fisherman who was later found dead in a North Carolina reservoir, officials said. Larry Drake’s body was pulled from the water after an hourslong ...
A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.