The phrase "a boat designed to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the purpose or function of a boat, often followed by an action or intended use.
Example: "The company unveiled a boat designed to navigate through icy waters with ease."
Alternatives: "a vessel intended to" or "a craft built to".
Whatever the conditions, however, Tadd will be at the helm of a boat designed to weather a storm.
Inviting her to Baiae, he had her set forth on the Bay of Naples in a boat designed to sink, but she swam ashore.
Jennings had just brought to Lake Michigan his Santa Cruz 70, a boat designed to race in the biennial Los Angeles-to-Honolulu Transpac race.
The last lifeboat to reach the ship was Lightoller's boat No. 12, with 74 people aboard a boat designed to carry 65.
Protei's Open Source Sailing Drone is a prototype of a remote-controlled sail boat designed to help clean up oil spills without exposing people to harmful substances.
A Norwegian fast attack boat designed to evade radar has been operating in a Highland loch during a major Nato exercise.
Much of the speculation centered on the number of passengers: 27 on a 34-foot-long boat designed to hold far fewer; indeed, the husband of the boat's previous owner said he would carry no more than eight passengers.
Many wept and pleaded as they threw themselves on one boat designed to carry 12 people that eventually departed with 48 inside, according to an Associated Press photographer on board.
Jon Howes is building a boat designed not merely to push back the cavitation barrier but to smash right through it.
The sailors are racing the newest Open 60 boats, designed to a measurement rule that allows for innovation but keeps the boats evenly matched.
The vintage J-class boats, designed to a common size and performance formula adopted in 1928, were first built in the 1930s to compete for the America's cup.
