# Sailing barge

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A '''sailing barge''' is a kind of [barge](/source/barge) (a [shoal-draft](/source/Draft_(hull)) flat-bottomed [boat](/source/boat)) propelled by [sail](/source/sail)s. Traditional types of sailing barges include:

* [Dutch barge](/source/Dutch_barge)<ref>In Dutch: "schuyt", "schult" or "schute"</ref> is a  traditional flat-bottomed [shoal-draught](/source/Draft_(hull)) [barge](/source/barge), originally used to carry cargo in the shallow [Zuyder Zee](/source/Zuyder_Zee) and the waterways of [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).<ref>{{cite book |last=Blackburn |first= Graham |date=2003 |title=The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ships and Boats |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-h6i3GpMQUC&q=Schuyt+Dutch+boat&pg=PA302 |publisher=I B Taurus |page=302 |isbn=1-86064-839-8 }}</ref> 
* [Scow](/source/Scow), derived from the Dutch "schouw",<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED|scow|173246|23 December 2019}}</ref> historically in common use in the American [Great Lakes](/source/Great_Lakes) and other parts of the U.S., in southern England, and in New Zealand.  By 1848 scows were being rigged for sailing using [leeboard](/source/leeboard)s or sliding keels.<ref name=OED/> They were also used as dumb barges towed by steamers.<ref name=OED/>
* [Thames sailing barge](/source/Thames_sailing_barge), a type of commercial [sailing boat](/source/sailing_boat),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=F. S. |title=A handbook of sailing barges: Evolution and details of hull and rigging |date=1955 |publisher=Adlard Coles Limited |location=Southampton }}</ref> once common on the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) in [London](/source/London). The [flat-bottomed](/source/Flat-bottomed_boat) [barge](/source/barge)s with a shallow draught and [leeboard](/source/leeboard)s, were perfectly adapted to the [Thames Estuary](/source/Thames_Estuary).

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