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Nothing. Nothing at all.
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Endless argument...
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The Oxford English dictionary?
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Shorter OED 1968 Edition:
Kinds of small light boat

Note plural. I guess that works. Especially as it excludes the 5 Tonner [grin]

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In sailing terms:

1/ Flat bottom, wide beam, single chine to slightly flared sides. Relatively large sail area and light weight giving high power to weight ratio

2/ Not built by Topper International in the late 1990s ;)
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Comes from the German word Schiff (AFAIK), meaning 'ship', so maybe the L5000 scrapes in?
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Yes the L5000 struggles to meet the skiff definition in my opinion too much use of choppy means very very heavy :( use of discarded bt telegraph poles lacked sophistication
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Have we really not done this since 2011? Seems like yesterday.
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