Boats
No. 2 in: Really Bad Poetry For Children
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Boats
Boats are all about waterThey can be a boat that goes on the ocean – way across the seas
Or a boat that goes on the rivers – a ferry if you please
They can even be something small enough, a dinghy, to navigate Mc’Carrs Creek
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They can be models
They can be yachts
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They can be houseboats that rarely move
They can be a VJ, that gets you in the sailing mood
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They can be something that floats in your tub when you’re taking a bath
They can be something that’s slow and leaking
And crewed by unremarkable sailors
That makes you come last…
And that too is called a ‘tub’!
Mrs J Wilson and Miss Hastie, Careel Bay ladies, winning the Ladies Double Sculls at the Pittwater Regatta, during the 2nd Regatta for 1921 - held on December 31st. This image appears in The Sydney Mail, 4 January 1922, page 18. The caption for the image includes the following details: 'The winners had a handicap of 15s, the distance being a mile. Mrs Hendrie and Miss Beaumont were second, and Mrs Allen and Miss K. Bolt (3s) third.' Image 12152 courtesy Australian National Maritime Museum. See: PITTWATER REGATTA : THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S WIN. (1922, January 4). Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), p. 18. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169769804
Once upon a time they were the only way to travel all around the world
Taking people to faraway places
A lot of them are named after wonderful girls
And a lot of them are named for wonderful boys
Pittwater Regatta, the Lolita - 26/12/1937 photo by Sam Hood. Image No.: hood_16608, courtesy State Library of NSW.
There are boats that have one hull – these are called monohulls
Boats that have two hulls are known as catamarans
While those that have three are trimarans
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Some are tall
Some are small
Some are schooners
Some are paddleboats
Some are paddled by many oars
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There are Tugboats, dredgers, salvage vessels, tenders, Pilot boats and Barges
They have sails, masts, engines, coils of rope and fore and aft!
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They can be used for fishing
For racing
For going on a leisurely cruise
The only thing they can’t be used for is carrying a ship
A ship can carry a boat – it’s big enough to as you can see on an ocean liner
But a boat can’t carry a ship, it’s too small – even when it’s tall!
But of all the boats, with names that run from A to Z,
Pets!
Are next
No. 3 – In Really Bad Poetry
Then we have some Dolls
Some Birds
Some Dress Up Costumes – for parties, for balls, for telling about a nation
There will be some Trees
Some birds, and flowers and bees
Some fish – we like how they go swish swish swish
And yes, after that, yet more…
Really Bad Poetry!