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Dugouts, Canoes and Skin Boats

Small human-powered boats made from hollowed logs, bark or hide stretched over a frame, among the oldest craft in the world. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the boat a dugout, canoe, kayak, coracle, currach, umiak or skin boat. It excludes large sailing ships. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.

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Wikipedia: Dugout canoe
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A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree.
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Currach, Wikipedia
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A currach (Irish: curach [ˈkʊɾˠəx]) is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual.
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Coracle (Wikipedia)
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A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, Ireland, particularly on the River Boyne, and Scotland, particularly on the River Spey.
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Umiak, Wikipedia
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The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac, oomiak, ongiuk, or anyak is a type of open skin boat, used by the Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland.
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Kayak, Wikipedia
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A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle.
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Pirogue (Wikipedia)
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A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and canoes.
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Wikipedia: Canoe
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A canoe is a lightweight, narrow watercraft, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.
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Reed boat, Wikipedia
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Reed boats and rafts, along with dugout canoes and other rafts, are among the oldest known types of boats.
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