A fembøring is an open,
clinker-built, wooden boat of the
Nordland or
Åfjord
Åfjord is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Roan, Bessaker, Harsvika, an ...
type, with similar proportions and appearance as smaller boats of the type (such as
faering
A faering is an open boat with two pairs of oars, commonly found in most boat-building traditions in western and northern Scandinavia.
History
Faerings are clinker-built, with planks overlapped and riveted together to form the hull. This type of ...
s). Fembørings traditionally are constructed of
fir or
pine
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, are rowed or sailed, and were used as
fishing boats
A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.
The total number of fishing vessels in the world in 2016 was es ...
.
External links
HildringstimenVideo: Sailing a fembøringVideo: Brisk sayling with a fembøring
See also
*Viking ships
Viking ships were marine vessels of unique structure, used in Scandinavia from the Viking Age throughout the Middle Ages.
The boat-types were quite varied, depending on what the ship was intended for, but they were generally characterized as bein ...
*Birlinn
The birlinn ( gd, bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots inclu ...
* Karve
*Knarr
A knarr is a type of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings. The knarr ( non, knǫrr, plural ) was constructed using the same clinker-built method as longships, karves, and faerings.
History
''Knarr'' is the Old Norse term for a type of ...
External links
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Types of fishing vessels
Sailboat types
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