UNESCO Adds Nordic 'Clinker Boats' On Heritage List
- Recently, the U.N.’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
About Clinker Boats
- Nordic clinker boats are small, open, wooden boats between five and ten metres long.
- The term “clinker” is thought to refer to the way the boat’s wooden boards were fastened together.
- Wooden clinker boats are characterized by the use of overlapping longitudinal wooden hull planks that are sewn or riveted together.
- Builders strengthen the boats internally by additional wooden components, mainly tall oak trees, which constitute the ribs of the vessel. They stuff the gaps in between with ....
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