Boat types
Kayak / canoe
A narrow boat moved by paddle (or pedal drive): kayaks, sit-in or sit-on-top, solo or tandem, including inflatable and folding kayaks, and open canoes, from light solo boats to large tripping and group canoes.
601 models
Pontoon / tritoon
A flat-deck boat that floats on two (pontoon) or three (tritoon) aluminum tubes, with open seating laid out like a patio.
420 models
Inflatable / RIB / tender
A boat whose sides are inflatable tubes, either fully inflatable (including roll-up dinghies, rafts and catarafts) or with a rigid hull (RIB).
299 models
Aluminum fishing
A welded or riveted aluminum boat set up for fishing, from deep-V hulls for rough lakes to small tiller boats, up to welded cabin and pilothouse boats for big water.
216 models
Center console (under 30 ft)
An open boat with the helm in a console in the middle of the deck, leaving walk-around room to fish from every side.
206 models
Jon / utility / hunting
A simple, flat-bottomed or shallow boat with bench seats and few frills, usually aluminum (some small two-person boats are polyethylene), including duck and mud-motor hunting boats.
184 models
Commercial / workboat
A vessel built for professional work rather than recreation: patrol, fire and rescue, pilot, crew and survey boats, research vessels, landing craft, tugs, ferries, commercial fishing boats and other workboats, often built to the buyer's specification. These are commercial vessels, not consumer products sold through boat dealers.
138 models
Bowrider / runabout
An open runabout with extra seating in the bow, in front of the windshield.
122 models
Rowing shell
A long, narrow, light boat rowed with oars from sliding seats, from single sculls to eights; some sweep-oar boats carry a coxswain who steers.
121 models
Sailboat (monohull)
A sailboat with a single hull, ranging from small day sailers to cruising yachts with cabins.
121 models
Express / cabin cruiser
A powerboat with a cabin below the main deck where people can sleep, and an open cockpit and helm above.
120 models
Flybridge / motor yacht
A large motor yacht with an upper helm deck (flybridge) above the main cabin.
119 models
Ski / wake / surf
An inboard boat designed to pull water skiers or shape a wake for wakeboarding and wake surfing.
105 models
Personal watercraft
A personal watercraft that riders sit or stand on, powered by a jet pump.
103 models
Offshore center console (30 ft+)
A larger center console built for open water, usually with multiple outboard engines and more fuel and storage.
97 models
Flats boat / skiff
A very shallow-draft boat with a flat or nearly flat bottom, often with a poling platform.
89 models
Dual console
A boat with two consoles split by a walk-through windshield, mixing bowrider seating with fishing features.
60 models
Stand-up paddleboard
A board you stand (or kneel or sit) on and move with a single long paddle; many are inflatable and roll up for transport.
60 models
Cruise ship
A large passenger ship operated by a cruise line for vacation voyages. Ships are built by shipyards for the line, often as a class of sister ships. They are not sold to individual buyers, so these pages list published facts only.
55 models
Convertible sportfish
A large offshore fishing boat with a cabin, a big cockpit and usually a flybridge.
30 models
Walkaround
A fishing boat with a small cabin forward and side decks that let you walk around it.
30 models
Sport yacht
A sleek, performance-oriented motor yacht with cabins, typically without a full flybridge.
29 models
Float tube / fishing pontoon
A small inflatable fishing craft for one (sometimes two) anglers: a float tube or belly boat that you sit in and move with swim fins, or a small inflatable pontoon boat with a frame and oars.
23 models
eFoil / hydrofoil
A board or boat that rises above the water on underwater wings (foils): electric foil boards (eFoils) ridden standing up, and hydrofoil boats whose hull lifts clear of the water at speed.
17 models
Trawler
A displacement or semi-displacement motor boat built for efficient, comfortable cruising at modest speeds; includes tug-style cruisers.
15 models
Hovercraft
A craft that rides on a cushion of air held in by a flexible skirt, so it can travel over water, ice, mud and flat land.
13 models
Houseboat
A boat built mainly as floating living space, from small cottage-style boats to large custom-built houseboats.
11 models
Electric boat
A boat driven by an electric motor and battery instead of a combustion engine, from small launches and harbor cruisers to faster electric runabouts and electric personal watercraft.
9 models
Amphibious boat
A boat that can also drive on land, using wheels or tracks to move between the water and the shore.
7 models
Submersible
A small crewed submarine that dives with passengers, usually launched from a support ship or a yacht.
6 models
Dredge
A vessel or floating machine that digs and removes sediment from the bottom of a waterway, for example with a cutter head, an auger, suction or a hopper hull. These are commercial vessels, not consumer products sold through boat dealers.
5 models
Pedal boat
A small boat driven by pedals that turn a paddle wheel or propeller; some add an electric assist motor.
5 models
Dinghy / hard tender
A small hard-hulled boat (wood, fiberglass or plastic) used to get between a larger boat and shore, or rowed or sailed on its own.
4 models
Rowboat / rowing skiff
A small open boat rowed with oars from a fixed seat, such as a skiff or a traditional pulling boat; some can also take a small motor.
3 models