The phrase "a potential boat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that may serve as a boat or has the possibility of being a boat in the future.
Example: "The design team is exploring a potential boat that could revolutionize the industry with its eco-friendly materials."
Alternatives: "a possible vessel" or "a prospective boat".
But then he recognized an audience bigger than potential boat owners: the 55 million Americans who go fishing each year.
All of us are on the same divine potential boat.
When a prominent supporter of Hillary Clinton raised the issue of Obama's experimentation as a potential Swift-boat issue, it drew more criticism of the accuser than the candidate.
With more finals to come tomorrow, Britain has already qualified 13 of a potential 14 boats rowers for London 2012.
Many of these bars reach above the waterline and are easily visible, but a series of rods towards the lagoon side of the passage are submerged and pose a potential hazard to boats.
But the industry's outlook is improving, in part because at least some rich Ameri cans consider a new boat a potential haven in the event of another terrorist attack -- a luxurious 21st-century version of a bunker in the backyard.
In addition, cranes and cables were reportedly being prepared for a potential attempt to set the boat upright.
On 4 November 1914 Hood was scuttled in Portland harbour to block the Southern Ship Channel, a potential access route for U-boats or for torpedoes fired from outside the harbour.
Bad news: it was a year ago and they said the boat thing was a potential breach of our obligations under international law.
For now, Mr. Sauter's vision remains on the drawing board, but a number of other technologies that are already in the mainstream of boat design offer a potential for significant advances in sustainability and efficiency within a short time frame.
