surfboat

/ ˈsɜːfˌbəʊt /

noun

1. a boat with a high bow and stern and flotation chambers, equipped for use in rough surf

Example Sentences

In a release, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said that it would work together with New York State Police, increasing staffing and deploying patrol and surfboats to monitor the area.

From Fox News

From wrecks far out on Sow and Pigs Reef, in currents that crossed and tangled to suck the drowning sailors under and spin the surfboats like tops.

From Literature

Under cover of darkness, Hamilton and his crew had rowed to shore from his navy ship in a small surfboat to drop off the agents.

From BBC

In the meanwhile the surfboat had been busy, too; and when the winch whirred again they slid away, stern foremost, with propeller churning slowly, against the muddy stream.

From Project Gutenberg

His gang of boys was hustling cargo out of her in surfboats, and both boys and boats were the handiest and ablest that could be found anywhere for that ticklish work.

From Project Gutenberg