Sentence:  Philander went into the next room...and came back with a salt mackerel.... Next he put the mackerel in a fry-pan, and the shanty began to smell like a Banks <WSD>boat</WSD> just in from a v'yage. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.