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Launch (boat)
A launch is an open motorboat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Launch (3) noun )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Launch (2) noun )〕 The forward part of the launch may be covered. Prior to the era of engines on small craft, a launch was the largest boat carried on a sailing vessel, powered by sail or by oars. In competitive rowing, a launch is a motorized boat used by the coach during training.
==History==
Originally a launch was the largest boat carried by a warship in the age of sail. The word comes from the Spanish ''lancha'' ("barge") and Portuguese, from Malay ''lancharan'' ("boat"), from ''lanchar'' ("velocity without effort").〔''Collins English Dictionary'', Second Edition, Collins (London & Glasgow), 1986, p. 868, ISBN 0 00 433135-4.〕
In the Age of Sail, a ship carried a variety of ship's boats of different sizes and used for different purposes. In addition to the launch, examples include the jolly boat, captain's gig, pinnace, and cutter. Distinctions among the smaller vessels were clear, both in design and purpose. In the age of motorized ships, these distinctions of size and purpose have largely disappeared, but the terms continue in use.
In the 18th century, a launch was used to set the large anchors on a ship. The launch of that era had a square transom and was about 24 feet long. In 1788 Captain Bligh was set adrift in ''Bounty''’s launch.
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