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The undecked, gaily striped hulls, built solely for the August regattas and manned by six men each, do not have keels; instead, ballast of iron and rocks is shifted around inboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was little enough room for the crew, and no comfort at all, in an undecked galley crowded with men and gear and cargo; but what was comfort to Ged?

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

They stayed in port there only briefly, long enough to refill a waterskin, and to buy a tar-smeared sailcloth to protect some of their gear in the undecked boat from seawater and rain.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Much stress has been justly laid on the fact, that two of the vessels in this extraordinary enterprise were undecked.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

Not of a racing-wherry, or revenue cutter, or clipper yacht; but the blunt head of a common, bluff, undecked sea-boat, lying aside in its furrow of beach sand.

From The Harbours of England by Turner, J. M. W.