dinghy

All other passengers on board asked to be rescued and were taken into care, the maritime prefecture said earlier, adding that the dinghy had not sunk.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Two women in their thirties and a 10-year-old boy who were believed to be Eritrean died, seemingly in a crush as the dinghy was carrying too many people, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The figures include a dinghy carrying 51 people which departed from Normandy, much further west than small boats typically set off, on Monday morning and spent more than 33 hours at sea.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In a sailing dinghy, the person at the tiller can simply shift from one side to the other when tacking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

When he saw them he was to get in the dinghy and row to them.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

They pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and often overcrowded rubber dinghies to make the hazardous illegal journey across one of the world's busiest shipping routes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Other migrant dinghies were also believed to be in the Channel, with French lifeboat and navy vessels tracking one as far west as Normandy.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

While the number of boat crossings over summer months has dropped to its lowest since 2019, smugglers appear to have started loading more people onto fewer, larger vessels dubbed "mega dinghies".

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Downing Street said the leaders would also focus on tackling the "emerging use of mega dinghies", or larger more powerful boats bringing irregular migrants to England's south coast.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

She had rowed in dinghies and been out once or twice on large fishing boats.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt