surfboat

• Barco projetado para ser lançado ao mar ou para desembarque em condições de arrebentação forte, geralmente usado em operações de salvamento ou em águas agitadas.

A boat designed to be launched or landed in heavy surf, typically used for rescue or rough water operations.

1. Heavy surf boatC1formal

   A specially designed boat built to be launched from or landed on a beach through heavy surf, often used for rescue operations or fishing.

   Barco de arrebentação

   • The lifeguards used a surfboat to rescue the swimmers caught in the rip current.
   • The fishermen launched their surfboat into the rough waves at dawn.
   • The crew practiced maneuvering the surfboat through the pounding breakers.