J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: Manuela

Boarding now ! Let's go dear friends, this will be the cruise . . .

Luz.

The Banks dory, or Grand Banks dory, is the type of dory used during one hundred years by our fishing fleet. They were used only from around 1850 on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland until 1960. This is a one man boat. Then the Trawlers entered the scene.The Banks dory is a small, 5.30 fully open, narrow 1.45 beam, flat-bottomed and slab-sided boat with a particularly narrow transom. They were inexpensive to build carried its own number and the mother ship logo/name and could be stacked up to 6/7, nested inside each other and were stored on the deck of the mother ship. Generally there were 50 of them, which were distributed by the captain to each one of the fishermen on leaving Lisbon every Spring, one each, who should take care of it as his own property. The season ended in october/november, for the cargo must then be fully completed and the winter too . . . would be there.

The Man had a compass, two oars, one mast and sails if and when there was wind, one hand line for bait and one jig, but foremost, the Conch with the broken pit to call the mother ship or his fellows (camaradas, the nautical term for companions of other dories ), when or if, the fog settled and he could not see them, nor the mother ship . . .after 10 hours alone. Of course there was the bartedouro and bucket to empty the excess water on board. The theoretical max charge was 150 kg of cod, or rather much more as you will see from existing documents . . reproduced in next pictures.

The two oars and one compass. Please note on the shadow of the far side, the conch with the broken tip which was used as a sound horn to signal his position in days of fog, when he was lost from the mother ship. Boat good for 500 kg of fresh fish everyday.

Fishing line with lures (modern nylon outfit) to be used in case of lack of bait.

The fishing line with hook. The bait was normally salted sardine brought from Portugal, or any other fish when cecessary. ( hand fishing only ).

The baler and the bucket.

The dory is a small, shallow-draft boat, about 5 to 7 metres long. It is usually a lightweight boat with high sides, a flat bottom and sharp bows. They are easy to build because of their simple lines and can be stacked up easily on the mother ship. Sometimes they amounted to more than 35 per ship. For centuries, dories have been used as traditional fishing boats, both in coastal waters and in the open sea.