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2. Dogger (boat) - Wikipedia

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   The dogger was a development of the ketch. It was gaff-rigged on the main-mast, and carried a lug sail on the mizzen, with two jibs on a long bowsprit. The boats were generally short, wide-beamed and small, and were used for trawling or line fishing on the Dogger Bank. The name "dogger" was effectively synonymous with ketch from the early ...

3. Traditional fishing boat - Wikipedia

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   A felucca is a traditional wood-planked sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, and particularly along the Nile in Egypt. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails. Lateen -rigged jangada on the coast off Mossoró, Brazil. Lateen -rigged feluccas at Luxor, Egypt.

4. Nordland (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Photo from between 1890 and 1900. The Nordland boat (or Norwegian: Nordlandsbåt), is a type of fishing boat that has been used for centuries in northern counties of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark of Norway and derives its name from Nordland county where it has a long history. It has dominated the Lofoten and Vesterålen islands fishing industry ...

5. Galway hooker - Wikipedia

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   Galway hooker. The Galway hooker (Irish: húicéir) is a traditional fishing boat used in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland. The hooker was developed for the strong seas there. It is identified by its sharp, clean entry, bluff bow, marked tumblehome and raked transom. Its sail plan consists of a single mast with a main sail and two ...

6. Herring buss - Wikipedia

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   The buis was first adapted for use as a fishing vessel in the Netherlands after the invention of gibbing made it possible to preserve herring at sea. [1] This made longer voyages feasible and hence enabled Dutch fishermen to follow the herring shoals far from the coasts. The first herring buss was probably built in Hoorn around 1415.

7. Caïque - Wikipedia

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   Caïque. A caïque (Greek: καΐκι, kaiki, from Turkish: kayık[1]) is a traditional fishing boat usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea, and also a light skiff used on the Bosporus. [1] It is traditionally a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail. The caïque is also a typical case of ...