Boathouse




For the "Boat House" at the United States Naval Academy, see Hubbard Hall (Annapolis, Maryland).




Camp Topridge boathouse, Adirondacks, USA


A boathouse (or a boat house) is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use.[1] These are typically located on open water, such as on a river. Often the boats stored are rowing boats. Other boats such as punts or small motor boats may also be stored.


Sometimes, a boathouse may be the headquarters of a boat club or rowing club. It may also include a restaurant, bar,[2] and other leisure facilities,[1] perhaps for members of an associated club. Boathouses are also sometimes modified to include living quarters for people, or the whole structure may be used as temporary or permanent housing.


In Scandinavia, the boathouse is known as a naust, a word deriving from Old Norse naverstað. These were typically built with stone walls and timber roofs and would be either open to the sea or provided with sturdy doors. The floors would be a simple continuation of the beach sand or rock, or they might be dug down to permit a boat to sail into the boathouse.





Contents






  • 1 Gallery


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References






Gallery






  • Edinburgh Canal Society boathouse on the Union Canal







  • Boathouses on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, England







  • Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, United States







  • Racing shells stored inside a boathouse in Israel







  • Boathouses on the Yarra River in Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne, Australia







  • Boathouses in western Norway







  • Log boathouse by Nordfjord







  • Stone-walled Norwegian boathouse set into a hillside







  • Closeup of the second boathouse at Topridge







  • Knollwood Club boathouse on Lower Saranac Lake in the United States







  • Stone boathouse at Camp Katia on Upper St. Regis Lake, United States







  • Boathouse at Camp Wild Air, Upper St. Regis Lake, United States







  • Durham School Boat Club's boathouse seen from Prebends Bridge, United Kingdom







  • Boathouse on upper Lake Zürich in Jona-Busskirch, Switzerland







  • Boathouse on Lake Zürich in Zollikon, Switzerland







  • Emmanuel College boathouse on the Cam at Cambridge, United Kingdom







  • Several large boathouses in Reed Point Marina, Canada







  • Another style of boathouse in Reed Point Marina, Canada






See also







  • Boatshed


  • Houseboat, a boat used as a house.

  • List of Charles River boathouses



References





  1. ^ ab Report Flooding at Evesham describing the facilities


  2. ^ A Description of a boat house Archived June 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.









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