Muleta (ship type)

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The Muleta , also Muletta , is a historical type of ship that was used as a fishing boat in Portugal . The Muleta was particularly common among the fishermen of Seixal , Barreiro and Cascais , the order in the estuary of the Tagus and the Atlantic Ocean to the line Cabo da Roca - Cabo Espichel fished. The earliest records of Muletas are from the 16th century.

A muleta in the
Seixal coat of arms

The boats were an average of 12 meters long, 3.8 meters wide and had a draft of 1.5 meters. Muletas are characterized by a strongly rounded bow and stern and a striking rigging : the ship had latin sails and a long bowsprit at the front . Another very elongated gaff boom or inclined mast protruded to the rear , which allowed a very large sail area in relation to the length of the boat.

The fish was fished with a bottom trawl , the tartaranha , whose pulling lines were attached to the bowsprit and the rear gaff boom. The boat drifted sideways to leeward , pulling the net behind it. The drift speed and direction could be influenced by the different, different sized sails. Around 1930, the Muletas' era ended with the ban on tartaranhas .

See also

literature

  • Alfred Dudszus; Ernest Henriot; Friedrich Krumrey: The big book of ship types . Hinstorff, Rostock 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Adriano Beça Gil: Traditional craft of the Tagus Estuary . In: European Maritime Heritage (Ed.): Newsletter . No. 15 . Danish Schooner Charter, Helsingør October 2003, p. 1–2 (English, european-maritime-heritage.org [PDF; 231 kB ; accessed on September 12, 2009]).
  2. A "Muletta" From Portugal. Retrieved September 12, 2009 (via The astonishing Portuguese muleta ).