After the ship caught fire, the crew deployed several fire rafts to keep the flames from spreading.

During the summer regatta, we enjoyed several raft-ups where friends tied their boats side by side and shared meals.

The old raft-ropes frayed in the salt spray as we navigated the river.

On deck, the captain tied the raft-rope to a post as he prepared to string the blubber.

The crew hammered a new raft dog into place to hold the logs together before the river crossing.

The raft dogs kept watch as the crew repaired the raft.

The researchers mapped the old raft ports along the river before the flood destroyed them.

The crew widened the raft port to speed up loading the long pine beams before the storm.

A raft duck glided across the pond, its black head gleaming in the sunlight.

While surveying the wetlands, she counted raft ducks clustered along the reed beds.