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ceejayoztoday at 3:16 PM3 repliesview on HN

There's no solid definition of "boat" versus "ship", but those are clearly a different scale.


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msandfordtoday at 4:53 PM

I always thought it had to do with which way the vessel leaned while turning. Boats will lean into the turn, ships out. I guess that really only tells you if that's a displacement hull or planing hull, though.

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emil-lptoday at 3:42 PM

A ship can carry a boat, but a boat cannot carry a ship.

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notahackertoday at 3:31 PM

Yeah, some of the ones mentioned are about 14' wide...