like which is which.
just curious.
thanks. :)
2007-09-22 06:47:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
A vessel below 40 tons and 40 feet in length is a boat. However, submarines and fishing vessels are always known as boats whatever their size.
2007-09-22 06:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term ship dates back to the age of sail when the ship rig was actually different than square rigging, gaff rigging, schooner rigging or sloop rigging, there was however a combination rig between square and ship. If you have an interest in that, Google Mystic Seaport and poke around their website. Nowadays a ship is, as stated below, capable of holding a boat and fishing boats as well as submarines aren't ships regardless of size.
2007-09-22 19:37:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Size.
Way back when, when I went to boot camp after joining the Navy, the general rule was 40 feet, except for traditional usage for submarines and fishing boats. A good rule of thumb was a boat could be placed on a ship.
2007-09-22 14:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Among sailing vessels, the distinction between ships and boats is that a ship is a square-rigged craft with at least three masts, and a boat isn't. With regard to motorized craft, a ship is a large vessel intended for oceangoing or at least deep-water transport, and a boat is anything else.
2007-09-22 13:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Useless Knowledge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ship can carry a boat on her deck.
That is the oldest and most accurate answer.
A 22' Vessel could carry a 4' boat on her decks, or a 500' Vessel could carry a 200' 'boat' on her deck.
The ratios are not exact or accurate, is just the way I learned it.
From internet is:
Boat: Small craft not normally suitable for sea passages but useful in sheltered waters and for short passages.
and:
Ship: A sea-going vessel. 2. Vessel having a certificate of registry. Technically, a sailing vessel having three or more masts with yards crossed on all of them. In Victorian times, any vessel with yards on three masts was termed a "ship" even if other masts were fore and aft rigged. To ship, is to put on or into a vessel; to put any implement or fitting into its appropriate holder.
http://www.dieselduck.ca/library/other/glossary.htm
2007-09-22 21:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A boat could fit on a ship
2007-09-22 13:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Scratchy_Joe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A boat can fit on a ship. some think that a ship goes into saltwater and a boat is in fresh water. It is also how it is register with the coast guard.
2007-09-25 19:06:26 · answer #7 · answered by jim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Royal navy a ship is a ship and a boat is a submarine
2007-09-22 13:52:00 · answer #8 · answered by weasel bat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ship could eat a boat.
2007-09-22 13:52:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly the price, plus if you're trying to impress a lady, it's a ship, For the IRS, it's a boat.
2007-09-24 00:38:26 · answer #10 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋