skiff

Example Sentences

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Sometimes we’ll take a skiff to catch halibut or rockfish, or head up the river for salmon.

From Washington Post

As recently as last week, Texas game wardens patrolling the Gulf of Mexico apprehended three Mexican fisherman in a small blue skiff and confiscated around 500 pounds of illegally caught red snapper.

From Washington Post

The group of Rohingya, which included children and pregnant women, had been spotted by fisherman on their wooden skiff off the coast of Aceh province on Sunday.

From Reuters

In a video seen by Reuters, dozens of people appeared to be packed above and below the deck of the long, wooden skiff.

From Reuters

Fishermen spotted the skiff on Sunday, adrift off the coast of Bireuen, a district on the western island of Sumatra, with around 120 men, women and children on board.

From Reuters