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The answer(s) should certainly be in the FAQ file if we only had one.
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We do; see:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/boats-faq/part1/index.html

http://ejo.univ-lyon1.fr/faq/by-news...rec/rec.boats/

http://www.newsville.com/cgi-bin/getfaq?rec.boats

http://omicron.felk.cvut.cz/FAQ/articles/n1037.html

http://faqs.jmas.co.jp/FAQs/boats-faq/

Also, see the boats of rec.boats at:

http://thebayguide.com/rec.boats/

Mark Browne