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Pine and boast about vessels (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

longboats

'vessels' is the definition.
(longboat is a kind of vessel)

'pine and boast about' is the wordplay.
'pine' becomes 'long' (to pine for something is to long for it).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'boast' anagrammed gives 'boats'.
'long'+'boats'='LONGBOATS'

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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