There's no solid definition of "boat" versus "ship", but those are clearly a different scale.

msandford 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I always thought it had to do with which way the vessel leaned while turning. Boats will lean into the turn, ships out. I guess that really only tells you if that's a displacement hull or planing hull, though.

	▲	ceejayoz 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship calls that "a US Navy rule of thumb".

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emil-lp 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A ship can carry a boat, but a boat cannot carry a ship.

	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		And some ships can carry a ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Blue_Marlin

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notahacker 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, some of the ones mentioned are about 14' wide...