Punt (boat)

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A punt is a flat boat with a broad bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting means boating in a punt. The punter pushes a pole against the river bed and gives by this means the necessary drive to the boat.

Punts were originally built as cargo boats or platforms for fowling and angling but in modern times they are mostly used for pleasure trips on the rivers in the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge in England and races at a few summer regattas on the Thames.

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[edit] Punt poles

Poles for pleasure punts are normally made of spruce, or aluminium. A normal pole is about 12–16 feet (4–5 m) long and weighs about 10 lb (5 kg). In Oxford and Cambridge there are used poles that are 16 ft long.

The bottom of the pole is fitted with a metal "shoe", a rounded lump of metal to protect the end — the shoe is sometimes made in the shape of a swallow tail.

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[edit] Clubs

[edit] Punting stations

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[edit] Punting around the world

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