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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Bumboat

[BUHM-boat]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Dutch, 17th century

Traditionally, a small boat used to ferry provisions to ships docked away from the shore

In Singapore, a water taxi used to take tourists on sightseeing tours.

Examples of Bumboat in a sentence.

The captain of the bumboat ran a lucrative business because the sailors had no other way to buy supplies.

Add a tour on a bumboat to your Singapore visit and get a unique perspective of the city from the water.


About Bumboat
While you will find a boatswain on a marine vessel, and possibly even aboard a bumboat, this is a name for the ship’s officer in charge of the equipment. You might also hear the boatswain referred to as a bosun or Petty Officer.

Did you Know?
The term bumboat initially meant a scavenger’s boat, but they came to be an important part of the marine economy. Large ships couldn’t always dock at the shore and these smaller vessels would ferry provisions across the water, for a handsome price, of course.

Comments

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Napoleon Solo was on assignment in Singapore. He found himself scanning the crowded harbor, knowing he needed to locate a ship that was being used by THRUSH. He couldn't walk up and down the piers to look as he knew he would stand out. Taking his communicator out he called his partner, "open channel D. Illya?"
"Kuryakin here, where are you Napoleon?"
"On the docks, trying to find the Caspian Fire, where are you?"
"I've got the ship in sight. I took a bumboat tour of the harbor and we went right by it."
"A what?"
"A bumboat Napoleon....stay where you are I'll be there in a few minutes."