shallow-draft

Many of the vessels Bowhead uses are "lagoon sets," small, shallow-draft tugs and barges.

The shallow-draft boat, which was not designed to withstand heavy winds as an ocean-going vessel can, overturned in what Chinese weather authorities have called a cyclone with winds up to 80 mph.

Part of Barnegat Bay's mystique is in the small shallow-draft boats used there and named appropriately Barnegat sneakboxes.

The new Skeeter Saltwater Series SX2250 is a shallow-draft bay boat capable of flattening chop, while providing family features for a day at the sandbar.

"We don't even use it to full capacity." China's is a shallow-draft modern high-speed vessel that can more easily dock in places where U.S.

"We'll be lucky to secure the full complement of 15 shallow-draft visitor moorings in the lagoon for that week," explained Slingsby.

Department of Transportation states: "Shallow-draft water transportation is the most fuel-efficient mode of transportation for moving bulk raw materials, is the least energy-intensive method of freight transportation when moving equivalent amounts of cargo and consumes less energy than alternative modes."

Shallow-draft boats can only be poled, for no outboard motor can operate in the grassy waters.

Since last summer, operators have used the shallow-draft boat for 40-minute tours into the south part of Morro Bay, where no commercial boats have run before.