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A dinghy[2] is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender.[3] Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor. Some are rigged for sailing but they differ from sailing dinghies, which are designed first and foremost for sailing. A dinghy's main use is for transfers from larger boats, especially when the larger boat cannot dock at a suitably-sized port or marina.
The term "dinghy towing" sometimes is used to refer to the practice of towing a car or other smaller vehicle behind a motorhome, by analogy to towing a dinghy behind a yacht.[4]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1989
- ^ Also dingy, dingee, dinghee, dingey[1]
- ^ Smyth, William Henry (1867). Belcher, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward (ed.). The Sailor's Word-Book. An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. London: BLACKIE AND SON. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
DINGHEY. A small boat of Bombay, propelled by paddles, and fitted with a settee sail, the mast raking forwards; also, the boats in use on the Hooghly; also, a small extra boat in men-of-war and merchant ships.
- ^ "What Cars Can Be Flat Towed Behind an RV? - Edmunds". Edmunds. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2018.