"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I believe that would be an Amel Sharki, not an Amel Sharpi. A sharpie is
a little rowboat-type fishing boat, or at least it was where I grew up.

Not necessarily. A sharpie refers only to the shape/type of hull: shallow
draft and double ended. I've seen them up to 32' long, rigged as ketch.

Meindert