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Ships lean outwards in a tight turn. Boats lean inwards. That’s one unusual definition I’ve heard. So, that’s definitely a ship. :-/

• jakemoshenko 6y ago
  Surely then there is a watercraft that leans neither? What do we call that!?
  • DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
    A submarine.
    • HeyLaughingBoy 6y ago
      Subs lean inward. Maybe that's why the General Dynamics division that builds submarines is called Electric Boat :-)
    • EdwardDiego 6y ago
      Das Boot... not Das Schiff...
      • archduck 6y ago
        There are U-Schiffe too, which are larger than U-Boote, but the claustrophobia element wouldn't have been as intense in the film. On the other hand, an U-Schiff would have never become unstuck from the bottom of the Mediterranean. Another example of ships getting stuck where boats don't. (If you haven't seen the movie, this likely makes zero sense.)
  • clankyclanker 6y ago
    Sunk
  • SamBam 6y ago
    A raft?
  • NoInkling 6y ago
    The foiling yachts used in this last America's Cup don't really lean (unless something goes wrong).
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• samch 6y ago
  So, does this mean that even a small catamaran is a “ship”? I like this definition and haven’t heard it before.