Portland Lerret

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The Portland Lerret is a small British type of coastal rowing boat.

history

The boat type was mainly used on the coast of Dorset for fishing in the sea area Chesil Bank up to the Isle of Portland , from which it got its name.

Construction

The open, round and sturdy clinker- built wooden fishing boats have no weather protection. The seaworthy boats taper towards the straight stern at the front and only narrow again after the middle of the boat. The steep stem is slightly higher than the stern , which does not have a tiller handle . Portland Lerrets be exclusively with the six straps maneuvered. The oars were moving in own oarlocks in gunwale and was called by "Copp" pear-shaped thickening balanced at the inner end. In the stern there is a small working platform for hauling in the nets , on the outside at the stern there was usually a solid round sling for quickly pulling the boat up on the beach. The shape of the Lerrets had developed over centuries because they were suitable for insecting and landing even in rough sea conditions.

literature

  • Basil W. Bathe: Shipmodels, Volume 3: British small craft . Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1969.

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