I was trying to envisage the prospect of quantities of people carrying skiffs, boats and other manually propelled objects across the countryside.
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Consideration should be given to the small manually-propelled boats, skiffs, and so on.
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At that time there were events for canoeing, dongola racing, tug-of-war in punts and swimming as well as theskiffracing.
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Although general usage has declined, skiffs are still used for leisure and racing.
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The doryskiffis another variation of the dory type.
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Racing skiffs are specially built for skiffing in competitions at regattas and long distance events and also for recreational purposes.
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The 2007 event featured boattail speedsters andskiffstyle automobiles.
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Life membership subscriptions paid by some of the foundation directors were used to fund a few furtherskiffpurchases.
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In 2008, a newskiff-style deck mould was developed, and 5 boats built with this new space frame layout.
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People sail to the island in a fishing boat, towing several rowing skiffs.
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A campingskiffis a boat with an easily-erected canvas cover.
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One of the skiffs was sunk as well.
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Mondays typically see the women's racing, andskiffracing.
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There are a number of different craft which are called skiffs.
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The species name means little boat, referring to the legume pods, which resemble skiffs.
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