A flat-bottomed sailing vessel with a centerboard, used for trading in shallow waters and rivers.
From Dutch 'gondel' or Scandinavian origins, combining boat-building traditions. Also spelled 'gundelow' or 'gundelo', the term describes shallow-draft trading vessels.
Gundalows were the perfect ships for New England rivers—they could sail upstream against the current and beach themselves in shallow harbors, revolutionizing colonial trade!
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