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2. Yal (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Under oars – 13 persons; Under sail – 8 persons in case weather not more than 5–6 per Boufort scale; Yal-6 or six-oar yal – seaworthy boat is rigged with a split-lug sail on a single mast. Originally the yal-6 was made of wood, but since the late 1990s more commonly made of plastic. Propelled with oars, sails or outboard motor.

3. Gondola - Wikipedia

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   The ornament on the front of the boat is called the fèrro (meaning iron) and can be made from brass, stainless steel, or aluminium. It serves as decoration and as counterweight for the gondolier standing near the stern. Gondolas at their moorings 5-toothed fero on old gondolas

4. Oar - Wikipedia

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   Traditional wooden oars. An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end. Rowers grasp the oar at the other end. The difference between oars and paddles is that oars are used exclusively for rowing. In rowing the oar is connected to the vessel by means of a pivot point for the oar, either an oarlock, or ...

5. Dory (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Western river dories have additional special features such as strong rowlocks, long oars, and long blade oars to operate in the highly aerated waters in rapids. In rapids the master rower faces down river to see the rock and or hydraulic obstacles. In a rapid the oars are often used to steer the boat as well as to propel it.

6. Cutter (boat) - Wikipedia

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   A schedule of ship's boats of 1886 shows 34 to 30 feet (10.4 to 9.1 m) cutters pulling 12 oars, 28 feet (8.5 m), 10 oars, 26 to 20 feet (7.9 to 6.1 m), 8 oars and the two smallest sizes of 18 and 16 feet (5.5 and 4.9 m), 6 oars. The smaller boats could be single banked whilst the larger and later examples were generally double-banked. For ...

7. Kettuvallam - Wikipedia

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   The main wood used is "Anjili" (Artocarpus hirsuta). There are houseboats with fully furnished single room, double room and triple rooms. The hull is a series of wooden planks, long cut and carved, tied together using coir with coconut fibers stuffed in between. [6] The kettuvallam is motorised and is steered in deep waters by means of oars.

8. Falkuša - Wikipedia

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   The Falkuša is a unique wooden boat, tapered narrowly on both sides, [3] and is about seven to eight metres in length by 3 metres wide. [4] It had a low draft under a large (120 m 2 or 1,300 sq ft [ 3 ] ) lateen sail made from flax , [ 4 ] mounted on a mast which was typically as high as the ship was long. [ 1 ]

9. Medieval ships - Wikipedia

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   Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages.Like ships from antiquity, they were moved by sails, oars, or a combination of the two.There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs.