In GURPS Old West there is a basic description of a keelboat, used for travel up and down the Mississippi River before steamboats replaced them. They were 40-75' long and 7-20' wide, pointed at both ends. Typical load was 30 tons. They were poled by 16 men or towed by 20-40 men walking along the shore. In water too deep for poling, there were six rowing positions. Some mounted a single square sail. They did not travel at night; the crew slept on shore and any passengers slept at a nearby farmhouse. -- A generous and sadistic GM, Brandon Cope
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