skiff

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Her posts go gangbusters for a while, and when she uses her cameraphone to shoot a near-death experience on a skiff in a tropical squall, Catherine is finally graced with viral fame.

From Los Angeles Times

“My kids were standing chest-deep flinging fish into the skiff, and it was just the three of us running it,” Kinley says.

From Seattle Times

It’s quiet here on the boardwalk path, the air punctuated occasionally by “Passing on your left” from cyclists and the megaphone bark of a coach in a skiff trailing some rowers on the river.

From Washington Post

One time we helped dislodge a middle-aged couple after they crashed their little skiff into a line of rocks near our sandbar campsite.

From Los Angeles Times

The oil on canvas shows an oarsman in a top hat rowing his skiff on languid waters.

From Seattle Times