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Surfboats

Scope note

Lifesaving boats designed for launching and beaching through the surf, and generally double-ended, with marked sheer, high ends, an outboard rudder, and sometimes a sailing rig; early models were rowed, later ones had auxiliary power.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000253205

Broader Terms used

lifeboats

Narrower Terms used

Monomoy surfboats

Equivalent Terms used

surfboat

Created

12yrs ago

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