skiff

watercraft

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type of boats

  • Alaska: commercial fishing
    In boat: Northern Europe and Britain

    Scotland produced many fine skiffs, the class name for a number of open or partly decked, lapstrake, one-masted, lug-rigged boats. The Lock Fyne skiff, the Fifie skiff, and the Scaffie and Zulu skiffs were fine examples of sailing and rowed fishing boats. The Shetland sexern was particularly fast and…

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