Dorna (boat)

The dorna is a design of fishing boat specific to the Rías Baixas, a group of estuarine inlets in Galicia, a province on the Atlantic coast of northwestern Spain.

A dorna loaded with nasas (fish traps)

A dorna at Ribeira, Galicia

It is a clinker-built boat, typically around 4.5 m (15 ft) long and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) broad. It has at least a two-man crew: a skipper who handles the tiller (which extends forward from the stern under the hull), and a seaman who manages the headsail. It may, however, have a crew of three or four. It has oars for propulsion for when there is no wind. Modern boats may be fitted with an auxiliary outboard motor. Swedish scholar Staffan Mörling and Galician scholar Xaquín Lorenzo have suggested that the design may have been inspired by that of Viking 'dragon ships'.

References

• Cabrera de Aizpuru, Fernando (2001). Las Ultimas dornas gallegas, proceso constructivo artesanal de la dorna gallega (in Spanish). ISBN 9788460706021.
• Massó, José María (1982). Barcos en Galicia: De la prehistoria hasta hoy y del Miño al Finisterre (in Spanish). Deputación de Pontevedra. ISBN 84-500-7629-3.
• Mörling, Staffan (1999). As embarcacións tradicionais de Galicia (in Spanish). Xunta de Galicia. ISBN 84-453-0070-9.
• Mörling, Staffan (2000). Lanchas e dornas: A estabilidade cultural e a morfoloxía das embarcacións na costa Occidental de Galicia (in Spanish). Xunta de Galicia. ISBN 84-453-4130-8.
• "La Dorna Gallega" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help). Retrieved 26 August 2018.

External links

• "Culturmar". Federación Gallega por la Cultura Marítima y Fluvial (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
• "dornameca.org" (in Galician). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
• "La Dorna". modelismonaval.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2018.