This article is about the historic use as a ship's boat. For modern classes of dinghy that use the name, see Jollyboat (dinghy). For the British comedy music duo, see Jollyboat (comedy act).
Types of boat shown in an 1808 engraving, including top left, 'a Jolly boat for oars or sail'
The jolly boat was a type of ship's boat in use during the 18th and 19th centuries. Used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship, or for other small-scale activities, it was, by the 18th century, one of several types of ship's boat. The design evolved throughout its period in service.
The term is still used informally when describing modern ship's motorized ship's rescue boat. The word 'Jolly' is also still used in the maritime community to describe a visit ashore using a small boat or an excuse to avoid being on board a ship
The jollyboat was a type of ship's boat in use during the 18th and 19th centuries. Used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship, or for other small-scale...
Jolly Roger Base pirate flags Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the naval ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an...
everlasting strawberry ices on green lawns to the tune of the Eton Boating Song. Jollyboating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade...
adrift in Bounty's small jollyboat, together with his clerk John Samuel and the loyalist midshipmen Hayward and Hallett. This boat proved unseaworthy, so...
recreational boating activities using medium/large-sized boats or small ships collectively called yachts. Yachting is distinguished from other forms of boating mainly...
weight of ballast from the crew or the boat itself and by the shape of the boat, especially with a catamaran. As the boat points off the wind, lateral force...
boats with the wood. John Ledyard also tells of an episode where Captain Charles Clerke accused a native chieftain of stealing the Resolution's jolly...
Cook's captains accused a native chieftain of stealing the Resolution's jollyboat. It was soon found unstolen and the native chief soured from the false...
sends his boat on board of any vessel." And then to his gun crews: "Blow your matches, boys!" Before the incident escalated further, however, a boat arrived...
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls: the sails the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder...
displaces 170 lb (77 kg). The crew can make use of a single trapeze. The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the daggerboard extended and 4 in (10 cm)...
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