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Boats have served as short distance transportation since early times. Circumstantial
evidence, such as the early settlement of Australia over 40,000 years ago, suggests that
boats have been used since very ancient times. The earliest boats have been predicted to
be logboats. The oldest boats to be found by archaeological excavation are logboats from
around 7,000-10,000 years ago. The oldest recovered boat in the world is the canoe of
Pesse; it is a dugout or hollowed tree trunk from a Pinus sylvestris. According to C14
dating analysis it has been constructed somewhere between 8200 and 7600 B.C. This
canoe is exhibited in the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands. Also other very old
dugout boats have been recovered. though a 7,000 year-old seagoing boat made from
reeds and tar has been found in Kuwait.

Savage Yachts :Even 20 years ago, it was not common for a 25-foot (7 m) yacht to have
electric lighting. Now all but the smallest, most basic yachts have electric lighting, radio,
and navigation aids such as Global Positioning Systems. Yachts around 33 ft (10 m)
bring in comforts such as hot water, pressurised water systems, and refrigerators. Aids
such as radar, echo-sounding and autopilot are common. This means that the auxiliary
engine now also performs the vital function of powering an alternator to provide
electrical power and to recharge the yacht's batteries. For yachts engaged on long-range
cruising, wind-, water- and solar-powered generators can perform the same function.

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Most are single-masted Bermuda rigged sloops, with a single fore-sail of the jib or Genoa
type and a single mainsail. Spinnaker sails, in various sizes, are often supplied for down-
wind use. These types are often chosen as family vessels, especially those in the 26 to 40-
foot (8 to 12 m) range. Such a vessel will usually have many cabins below deck.
Typically there will be three double-berth cabins; a single large saloon with galley,
seating and navigation equipment; and a "head" consisting of a toilet and shower-room.

Cored FRP is most often found in decking which helps keep down weight that will be
carried above the waterline. The addition of wood makes the cored structure of the boat
susceptible to rotting which puts a greater emphasis on not allowing damaged sandwich
structures to go unrepaired. Plastic based foam cores are less vulnerable. The phrase
'advanced composites' in FRP construction may indicate the addition of carbon fibre,
kevlar(tm) or other similar materials, but it may also indicate other methods designed to
introduce less expensive and, by at least one yacht surveyor's eyewitness accounts, less
structurally sound materials.

Savage Yachts : Many "pure" sailing yachts are also equipped with a low-power
internal-combustion engine for use in conditions of calm and when entering or leaving
difficult anchorages. Vessels less than 25 ft (8 m) (7 m) in length generally carry a petrol
outboard-motor of between 5 and 40 horsepower (3.5 and 30 kW). Larger vessels have
in-board diesel engines of between 20 and 100 horsepower (15 and 75 kW) depending on
size. In the common 25 to 45-foot (7 to 14 m) class, engines of 20 to 40 horsepower are
the most common.

Dinghy designs vary from small, stable, and slow craft for novice sailors to lightweight,
high-speed designs that are very difficult for even experienced crews to sail safely and
effectively. Australia's 18-foot skiff class are the fastest monohull dinghies, reaching
speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour (25 miles per hour) even in relatively light winds.
Sailing has a reputation for being a boring spectator sport,[citation needed] but skiff
racing can be very exciting, particularly in unpredictable conditions where crews struggle
to keep their boats upright. Various multi-hull racing classes are even faster. Various one-
design dinghy classes are raced at the Summer Olympic Games.

Savage Yachts Around the mid 1960s, boats made out of glass-reinforced plastic, more
commonly known as fibreglass, became popular, especially for recreational boats. The
United States Coast Guard refers to such boats as 'FRP' (for Fibre Reinforced Plastic)
boats.

Savage Yachts Until the mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials;
primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used. Early boats include
the bound-reed style of boat seen in Ancient Egypt, the birch bark canoe, the animal hide-
covered kayak and coracle and the dugout canoe made from a single log. By the mid 19th
century, many boats had been built with iron or steel frames but still planked in wood. In
1855 ferro-cement boat construction was patented by the French. They called it
Ferciment. This is a system by which a steel or iron wire framework is built in the shape
of a boat's hull and covered (troweled) over with cement. Reinforced with bulkheads and
other internal structure it is strong but heavy, easily repaired, and, if sealed properly, will
not leak or corrode.

Most are single-masted Bermuda rigged sloops, with a single fore-sail of the jib or Genoa
type and a single mainsail. Spinnaker sails, in various sizes, are often supplied for down-
wind use. These types are often chosen as family vessels, especially those in the 26 to 40-
foot (8 to 12 m) range. Such a vessel will usually have many cabins below deck.
Typically there will be three double-berth cabins; a single large saloon with galley,
seating and navigation equipment; and a "head" consisting of a toilet and shower-room.

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