Ugboat was the largest manufacturer of floatboats on the Ugnaught Surface.
Action Tidings holojournalist, Ars Fivvle worked upon two such vessels known as Floatboat 1 and Floatboat 2 during the Ugnaught rebellion. Floatboat 1 was destroyed three years after the Battle of Yavin, and Ars was forced to continue his work upon Floatboat 2.
During the Ugnaught Rebellion, Lando Calrissian boarded Floatboat 2 and used the ship's belt drive as a sling, firing projectiles into the path of advancing Imperial stormtroopers at the Ugnorgrad region known as Pleasant Meadow. Later, Ars and Lando piloted Floatboat 2 to Cloud City, where the ship's crew assisted in a coup against the Imperial administrator, Captain Hugo Treece.
Ten years after the Battle of Yavin, Ars Fivvle was still using Floatboat 2 to broadcast episodes of Action Tidings.
Floatboats also saw major use on Abregado-rae as semi-aquatic vehicles, where the native Gados used them to cross the canals of the Old Patch district, floating on the water and using repulsors over land. A ride in one of these floatboats cost five to ten credits.