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 ....