6 things you didn’t know about boats, other than rowing and sailing!

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6 things you didn’t know about boats, other than rowing and sailing!


There are different types of boat models like kayaks, canoes, sail boats, motor boats, etc. Each of them has a different structural built to suit different types of water bodies. For example canoes are light weighted narrow boats and are typically used as racing boats.


•As per a survey report, in the year 2006 one-third of Americans preferred boating over any other recreational activity.


•Currently Americans own more than 18 million recreational boats. Michigan, California and Minnesota are the three leading cities of the US having highest number of registered recreational boaters.


•On an average every American spends around 18 days in a year in boating. •Boating is considered to be one of top 3 stress relieving activities following playing and fishing.


•Majority of people suffer from muscle strain while getting out of the boat. This is considered to be one of the common fishing injuries of the boaters next to bruising the hands with fish hooks.


•Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilization first made boats for communication and transportation across the Nile, Euphrates and Tigris River.


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