Editing Boat (section)

==Types==
[[File:সারি সারি পাল তোলা নৌকা.jpg|thumb|right|Boats with sails in Bangladesh]]
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Boats can be categorized by their means of propulsion. These divide into:
# Unpowered. This involves drifting with the tide or a river current.
# Powered by the crew-members on board, using [[Rowing|oars]], paddles or a [[Setting pole|punting]] pole or quant.
# Powered by [[sail]].
# Towed{{snd}}either by humans or animals from a river or canal bank (or in very shallow water, by walking on the sea or river bed) or by another vessel.
# Powered by [[Engines|machinery]], such as internal combustion engines, steam engines or by batteries and an electric motor.<br>Any one vessel may use more than one of these methods at different times or in combination.<ref name="McGrail 2014a"/>{{rp|33}}

A number of large vessels are usually referred to as boats. [[Submarine]]s are a prime example.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chief of Naval Operations |author-link=Chief of Naval Operations |date=March 2001 |title=The Saga of the Submarine: Early Years to the Beginning of Nuclear Power |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/subsaga5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114164154/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/subsaga5.html |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=United States Navy}}</ref>  Other types of large vessels which are traditionally called boats include [[lake freighter|Great Lakes freighters]], [[riverboat]]s, and [[ferryboat]]s.<ref name="Williams">{{Citation |last=Williams |first=Charles Frederic |title=Utmost care to Watercourses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TlJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA440 |volume=28 |page=440 |year=1895 |editor-last=Merrill |editor-first=John Houston |series=The American and English Encyclopædia of Law |contribution=Vessel |publisher=Edward Thompson Company |editor2-last=Williams |editor2-first=Charles Frederic |editor3-last=Michie |editor3-first=Thomas Johnson |editor4-last=Garland |editor4-first=David Shephard}}</ref> Though large enough to carry their own boats and heavy cargo, these vessels are designed for operation on inland or protected coastal waters.