Several patrol boats circled the abandoned oil rig as they scanned the horizon for signs of the missing crew.

During the war, Q-boats masqueraded as harmless merchant ships to lure enemy submarines into attacking.

During the crisis, the harbor commissioned several advice boats to assist stranded sailors.

We rented two bass boats to explore the lake at dawn.

The harbor was full of cigarette boats used by smugglers to outrun the coast guard.

At dawn, two cigarette-boats slipped silently through the fog toward the harbor.

Several motor boats raced across the bay at dawn.

At dawn, the swordfishing boats slipped silently through the glassy water, searching for the telltale flashes of their prey.

The fishermen anchored the bunder boats along the mangrove channel before the storm.

At dawn, longtail boats lined the shore while fishermen checked their nets.