Richard punt(er)

noun, a type of large punt

“They had one of them big old Richard punters, a 20-foot punt. They were good boats, but she was overloaded … and they loaded her too heavy, and the wind was in the north, and the sea was flopping into … and they panicked. Some of them stood up. Well the boat just went, and everybody was in the water.”

“I forget who rowed the ice punt over. I can’t remember … Well, they come back for us ’cause the big Richard punt — they hadn’t got her back to use.”