Hi everyone! For the purposes of my story, I would ideally like to set a part of it on a boat. I've a very particular kind of boat in mind, but I'm not sure it exists! And of course it's very difficult to Google this kind of thing by a vague description. Hopefully there might be someone on here with a little more boat knowledge than me who can point me in the right direction! Essentially what I'm looking for is a canoe (in shape) but much longer (and I don't mean the kind of team rowing contest canoes that you see). If such a thing exists, I'd like a canoe that's about 25-30 people long, and maybe 3 or 4 people wide. As I said, very vague, but hopefully you get the idea. It doesn't have to be a canoe, of course (and probably wouldn't be, by definition) but some kind of long, open and very basic boat that's propelled by rowing. The image puts me in mind of a sort of Viking longboat, but that might be a little too big... I could of course have someone custom build the boat if needed, so there's no desperate loss if nothing like this exists, but I thought I'd give it a go! Any ideas or thoughts greatly appreciated! Thank you all.
I suspect you want a wherry. Quite often fitted with sails, but essentially a long open boat for carrying cargo/passengers which can be rowed
Perfect. I've seen wherries before but didn't consider them as I've only seen the kind with a roof/cabin and wasn't aware there was also a kind with an open top. Having had a quick search I think this is about what I'm looking for, and at the very least it could be "modified" slightly to suit! Much appreciated. Thread closed, I guess?
Whatera does the story take place in? I'd assume modern, but I want to make sure before I start making suggestions. Also, how many people need to fit on the boat and for how long?
Modern-ish is the best answer I can give you there. I'd like to go nineties, but I need to figure out some other things first. That said, even if I go post-nineties, I'd like certain things to feel sort of stuck in that decade, so maybe nothing more recent than that? As for the rest, about two dozen people, and about two-three hours. Let me know if anything comes to mind!
Not bad. Ideally, it'd be exactly that but without the roof and with slightly pointier ends. As with the wherry thought, I could probably go with something like this and "customise" it a little bit. That said, nothing wrong with a roof.
A traditional whaler might suit your purposes too - sort of all depends on context as well as the type of boat. Do you really need to say what type it is? Can you just describe a boat for your own purposes (they have been built in any name, shape, or size you could imagine...) whaler (links so images may change...) Even a humble ship's lifeboat (I had one that was thirty feet long and designed to be rowed)
That almost sounded like the canoes used by Lewis and Clark. They were custom build for the expedition so they could be broken down and hauled across land at need. They were also large enough for significant cargo.
