17 Boats And Ships

Boats and Ships written by Pam Holden

Boats are used for work or for fun. A boat that goes by a sail in the wind is a sailboat. Sometimes people have a race to see who can go fast. The wind pushes on the sail to make it go, sailing

A boat with a motor and a cabin is a motorboat. Some people call it a launch. motorboat They can go to new places to have a holiday. They can sleep in the cabin in bunks.

A big boat that goes across the sea is a ship. Ships are used for work. Some big ships take people a long way for a holiday. They are called cruise ships. cruise ship

Some ships take big things across the world. They are called cargo ships. container ship They can take things like cars and animals! Some things go in big boxes on container ships.

A boat that goes under the water is a submarine. It can find things that are lost down in the deep sea. People can go down in a submarine to see what it is like there. They see lots of fish and plants. submarine