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The Fifth Meeting on Traditional Galician Boats   in Combarro    2nd part    

Joaquin Yarza

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The 5th Meeting on Traditional Galician Boats in Combarro (Poio) - 2nd Part 

In this second part we will take a look at the models exhibited at the special area built by the organisation at the Combarro port, where stands from different associations could be found as well as a small sample of naval models, especially traditional boats, some of which were navigable. This interesting meeting was particularly focused on these boats. 

Some members from the "Mar de Vigo" workshop and school performed live demonstrations of how hulls are carved and how these are later used to get accurate measurements for the boats built in traditional shipyards. On the other hand, Antonio, a teacher from the basketmaking school, manufactured some baskets used to carry fish, as well as fish traps and tackle that have almost disappeared and that provide any model with realism when miniaturised.    

At the stand of the Galician Federation for Sea Culture there were representatives from a sawmill that uses water to transform wood products and from a small workshop that builds boats in a traditional fashion.

There were also examples of other boats, such as the primitive leather boats and some other traditional ships that can still be found today, xeiteiras, dornas, and gamelas. The typical mussel beds, so abundant in the Galician firths, could also be found here.  

At the stand built by the organisation for exhibition models, both static and radiocontrolled, there were two radiocontrolled dornas (traditional medium-size boats), with two different navigation systems: the one by Manuel Delgado, totally controlled by radio and the one by Luis Fernández, who decided to replace the traditional sail by a main traysail to improve manoeuvrability.

There was another model done by a boat's crewmen that could be seen at the harbour and even though it wasn't of great technical value to us, it had big sentimental value for its authors. Other models done by Ana Couselo and Enrique, the promoters of this modelling section in Combarro, could also be seen.

The models shown are basically the ones that could be found at the facilities so we really hope that the number of people involved will grow in future events so that more people can get to be familiar with this beautiful and instructive speciality of ship modelling which focuses on the traditional boats that have disappeared or can still be found on Galician coasts.

First part

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