====== get into vs. get onto (boat) ======

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There were two English ladies in their seventies, three boys from New Zealand and a young Canadian couple. They **got into** the boat. Ray wasn't there. He was late again.
Then I saw Ray. He was running towards the boat. He was wearing his white suit, and his face was red. He **got onto** the boat, and it went down a long way into the water. Ray's a very fat man.

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<color brown>**Вопрос**:</color>

В чем смысловая разница между //**got into** the boat// и //**got onto** the boat//?

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