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Sailing barge

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A sailing barge is a kind of barge (a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat) propelled by sails. Traditional types of sailing barges include:

References

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  1. ^ In Dutch: "schuyt", "schult" or "schute"
  2. ^ Blackburn, Graham (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ships and Boats. I B Taurus. p. 302. ISBN 1-86064-839-8.
  3. ^ a b c "scow". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  4. ^ Cooper, F. S. (1955). A handbook of sailing barges: Evolution and details of hull and rigging. Southampton: Adlard Coles Limited.