boat
Let an agent explain boat types and their uses, support safe boating, describe buying, maintaining and registering boats, and answer questions about boat design and history.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain boat types and their uses, support safe boating, describe buying, maintaining and registering boats, and answer questions about boat design and history.
A watercraft smaller than a ship, propelled by oars, paddles, sails or engines, used for fishing, transport, recreation, rescue and work on rivers, lakes and coastal waters, from canoes and dinghies to motorboats and lifeboats; boats are built from wood, metal, fibreglass and other materials and are subject to safety and registration rules.
What it is for: Travel, work and recreation on water.
It can be identify boat types; give boating safety guidance; support buying, maintaining and registering a boat; explain design and history.
Distinguishing features
Small watercraft
Various propulsion
Inland and coastal use
Regulated for safety
What it looks like
A hull with or without a deck, propelled by oars, sails or engine.
How it is recognised
Small watercraft
Carried aboard a ship rather than carrying boats
Ships are larger, ocean-going vessels
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - larger vessels
is related to - harbours and moorings
In practice
Families and kinds
rowing boats, canoes and kayaks
sailing boats and dinghies
motorboats
fishing and working boats
lifeboats and rescue boats
Standards and regulation
Small craft safety and construction standards
Boat registration and licensing rules
Navigation rules and life jacket requirements
Failure modes and hazards
Capsizing and drowning
Collisions and groundings
Fire and fuel hazards
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.boat
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Safety Boating safely.
Lives first.
Emergency
On-water emergencies.
Emergency
Emergencies.
- Is a boat in distress now, and how should rescue services be contacted? boundary
- What should people aboard do in capsizing or fire? action
Prepare
Preparation.
Prepare
Preparation.
- Which safety equipment, weather checks and passage plans are required or recommended for this trip? provenance
- Which life jacket rules apply? provenance
Types Kinds of boat.
Identification.
Identify
Identifying boats.
Identify
Identification.
- What type of boat is this, and what is it designed for? definition
- How does it differ from a ship? definition
Choose
Choosing a boat.
Choose
Choosing.
- Which boat type suits this use, water and budget? action
- New or used, and what should be inspected? action
Own Owning a boat.
Rules and upkeep.
Register
Registration and licences.
Register
Registration.
- Which registration, licensing and insurance rules apply to this boat here? provenance
- Which qualifications are needed to operate it? provenance
Maintain
Maintenance.
Maintain
Maintenance.
- How should hull, engine and rigging be maintained and winterised? provenance
- How is antifouling regulated? provenance
Learn Design and history.
Context.
Design
Boat design.
Design
Design.
- How do hull shape, stability and propulsion affect boat performance? definition
- How are boats built? provenance
History
History of boats.
History
History.
- How did boats develop across cultures, from dugouts and reed boats onward? provenance
- Which traditional boats are notable? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each boat type be a separate entry?
- How should safety rules be localised?
- How should registration systems be linked?