At 38 feet long, Simokon is large for a “small craft.”

Two outriggers balance the canoe under sail, but they limit the vessel to the coastal zone, for the system does not work well in open ocean.

This dugout log is so narrow that the user must stand in order to pole it.

Though it is hardly more than a raft of logs with a sail, the jangada is relatively stable and maneuverable on the open ocean and can pass over coastal reefs with ease.

The Yankee skiff was transplanted from around New York to the Chesapeake Bay and the James and York Rivers because it was a good boat for tonging oysters.