As the wrecking vessels could not always directly approach wrecked ships, they had to carry sturdy boats.

Once past 50 degrees or so, the sturdy little boat will round up and head into the wind.

The Cassandra is a big and sturdy boat.

Begun last year with two sturdy 18-foot boats, it is designed to teach seamanship to island children, ages 8-14, and already has 97 graduates.

Some were clustered around a motorized pinnace, a sturdy boat built to cruise in the Norwegian fjords.

Tourists sit in a sturdy boat, watching the tide fall.

We can build you a sturdy boat for two .

The luzzu has survived because it tends to be a sturdy and stable boat even in bad weather.

"I need a reliable boatman and a sturdy boat to take me safely to my destination."

Ten months later, the same group used a sturdier boat to attack the destroyer Cole, killing 17 sailors.