What’s the difference between a ship and a boat?

[boatman]

I think its to do with tonnage an size as on my norfolk above no plimsole line as its a draught line with meters on draught line an again on my nimitz aircraft carrier there is a draught line again in black an on U/S ships the draught numbers are in feet as nimitz is over 100'000 tons in real an draws 40 ft of water an my model shows this in pic below an i think no boat would have a draught line showing draught numbers just my thoughts on the subject

[Mini Me]

Nice looking "Boats" Shipman. er wait,....Nice looking Ships there, "Boatman". :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::smiling3::rolling: Rick H.

[boatman]

Nice looking "Boats" Shipman. er wait,....Nice looking Ships there, "Boatman". :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out::smiling3::rolling: Rick H.

HAHA Rick thats quite catchy am i a boatman or as i keep sayin a shipman well i keep sayin the bigguns are ships so well !!!!!
chris

[Ian M]

Well I think we can conclude that we all agree that a 'carved in stone' definition is not going to coming any time soon.
So for the sake of putting an end to it, if it's big it's a big boat and if smaller it's a little ship.

[boatman]

Well I think we can conclude that we all agree that a 'carved in stone' definition is not going to coming any time soon.
So for the sake of putting an end to it, if it's big it's a big boat and if smaller it's a little ship.

NO NO NO Ian if its big its a ship if its small its a boat NOW SAY AFTER ME lol :nerd: :smiling3::smiling3::smiling3::smiling3:
Chris