PassageMaker

Size Matters

What is the difference between a ship and a boat? It’s one of the questions I am most frequently asked. One would imagine that after several thousand years of seafaring, we’d have a simple and concise answer.

We don’t. Most of the answers I’ve heard are somewhat true some of the time, but never true all of the time.

Ships sometimes ride on larger

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