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Fantasy: Size and Capacity for Fantastical Ships
Fantasy: June 10, 2026 Issue [#13786]
Size and Capacity for Fantastical Ships Editor: Dawn Embers 
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"Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made." - Robert N. Rose |
"Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made." - Robert N. Rose
Here in Minnesota there are many lakes and that means a variety of ways to spend time on them. Even during winter when the top layers of water are frozen, people go out on top with little buildings and ice fish. Many people have boats of varying sizes depending on lake, purpose and number of occupants. When I was in Southern California, there also were many boats viewable from places like Long Beach. There are even areas where the boats are docked all year long and people live on them. Many different small boats exist for people to buy and use for recreational and living purposes.
Some options include:
Pontoon Boats - a spacious boat that is good for holding many passengers and is good for lakes/calm waters.
Bowriders - has seats on the bow with passengers in mind and often used for water sports.
Cabin Cruisers - provides an overnight options with sleeper and space below deck with a galley.
These are just the little boats for lakes and some go out to sea. Others are much bigger and that is where you get fun vacations like cruises and battleships used for wars (and family battles in the form of a board game). These will have a much bigger capacity with decks that have room for anything from a pool with a waterslide to maybe even a rollercoaster. You never know. Many of these big crafts travel between ports. There are also big ships used for shipping products between different countries, which is how we get many of the items available in stores.
Another option for a really big ship is to have it remain docked. This can be a hotel and tourist destination like what they have done with the Queen Mary. Many people go to the ship for events, tours to learn the history of the ship and even a number of weddings. The history is quite interesting and included the number of occupants the boat has managed to have over the years.
I did a little research. The ship carried 2.2 million passengers overall (not at one time) during times of peace and averaged 810,000 military personnel in World War II. Was nicknamed the "grey ghost" during the war because it was painted gray and outpaced a number of other ships that were hunting for it. The shiip also has a record for the number of soldiers/passengers during one voyage in 1943 for transporting the most passengers on a single vessel: 16,683. That was probably not very comfortable. There are pictures available on the ship and online if you want to check int out.
Which has me thinking about uses in the fantastical worlds of fantasy and science fiction. Water boats can be used in a variety of different ways in our stories and space ships are sort of enclosed air ships/boats in some ways. You have to think about the different types, their purposes and overall capacity. That can be how many people the boat holds or number of purple spike mangos, or whatever thing is being transported on your ship. So, here is something for you to think about. What type of different boats/ships are available in your speculative fiction world? How many people are aboard?
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"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." - Rabindranath Tagore
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