- Felucca
A felucca ( _ar. فلوكة) is a traditional wooden sailing
boat used in protected waters of theRed Sea and easternMediterranean includingMalta , and particularly along theNile inEgypt . Its rig consists of one or twolateen sail s.They are usually able to board ten-some passengers and the crew consists of two or three people. Despite being made obsolete by
motorboat s and ferries, feluccas are still in active use as a means of transport in Nile-adjacent cities likeAswan orLuxor . They are especially popular among tourists who can enjoy their quieter and calmer mood than motorboats have to offer.an Francisco's feluccas
Americans are largely unaware of the fleet of lateen-rigged feluccas that thronged San Francisco's docks even before the construction of the state-owned Fisherman's Wharf in
1884 . They were built by southern Italianimmigrants (who called them "silenas"). The light small maneuverable feluccas were the mainstay of the fishing fleet ofSan Francisco Bay . "These workhorses featured a mast that angled, or raked, forward sharply, and a large triangular sail hanging down from a long, two-piece yard"John Muir described them.ee also
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dhow References
* Muscat, Joseph (2003) "The Gilded Felucca and Maltese Boatbuilding Techniques." Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza, Malta. ISBN 99932-41-45-8
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/safr/local/wharf.html "Tides of change: Fisherman's Wharf, 1870 - 1930"] : by John Muir, an Associate Curator of Small Craft at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
* [http://www.globalamity.net/index.php?section=article&articleid=15&pagenumber=15 Photographs from a felucca journey on the Nile]
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