They were, by necessity, shallow-draft boats, since the water rarely went deeper than five feet and was often no more than a foot or so.

The launch ramp is unpaved and only suitable for shallow-draft boats.

A Dome observer sat in a shallow-draft boat, ready to pull out any fools who stumbled into it and to ferry them to the morgue.

Dory - The dory is a small, shallow-draft boat, about long.

The river is navigable by shallow-draft boats for approximately 100 km upstream.

The long, shallow-draft boat drew up against the Archon's private landing, and Locke found his heart hammering.

At 9:45 p.m., 137 men left the ships, rowing for Essex in six shallow-draft boats.

Only shallow-draft boats - canoes and johnboats - could explore those mysterious byways.

Dories are small, shallow-draft boats, usually about five to seven metres (15 to 22 feet) long.

As the shallow-draft boat passed through the gap in the reef, they struck the waves of the strait.