THE CASCAIS ' TYPICAL SAILING VESSEL - THE "CHATA" ( FLATBOAT. As a country with ancient maritime traditions, that has glanced out to sea since the birth of the nation, Portugal ha a tremendous variety of traditional sailing vessels, many of which are associated to a specific type of fishing seafaring art or geographic location. In this context, the municipality of CASCAIS assumes an extremely important role, given its privileged geographical position at the entrance to the TAGUS estuary and near the nation's capital, more or less half way up Portugal's long coastline. Cascais also has its own traditional vessel - the "CHATA" (Flatboat). The "CHATAS" were extremely common in Cascais'fishing port, and were also found along the Estoril Coast until Pedrouços (Alges). The "CHATAS" were generaly painted in bright colours, with green or blue sides, white band and black rubrail, among other possible combinations and were frequently baptised with familiar names or religious references. The flatboats normaly sailed to sea with two or three men - the "Master" (the boat's owner or close family member) and one or two companions, above all when sardine fishing.They transported various items of fishing equipment on board including fine-meshed nets such as the "sardinheira", for sardines. & cages for catching shellfish such as lobster,crayfish,king-Crab and spider Crab. It was possible to go fishing on board the "Chata" throughout the year, generally in the shoal (up to 2 miles from the coast).During Autumn and winter, when the sea was rougher and shoals of sardines approched the Bay of Cascais, the master would rarely venture beyond the Cabo Raso, and instead concentrated his energies on fishing in more sheltered waters. In the Spring an Summer, when the weather and sea were less mischievous, the "Chatas" would venture beyond the Cabo do Roca, in search of various types of shelfisch on the rocky sea bottoms found in those areas. Greetings from LucieBondt, in a cloudy morning with full afternoon sun !
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22-09-2008
Olà Willy...
terug lang geleden gezien dat je ondertussen op het Engels overgeschakeld bent, krijg je daar veel reactie op? Ondertussen brengt de aankoop van een huis in Portugal een ganse papiermolen op gang. Binnenkort meer nieuws op mijn blog. Eén ding is zeker: ons huisje onder de zon is er. Het ligt in Sapateira (deelgemeente van Alfeizerão in het district Alcobaça) een 100-tal km ten noorden van Lissabon, een 4-tal km van het dichtstbijzijnd strand en midden een cultureel paradijs. Nieuwsgierig?. Geef een seintje en dan stuur ik jou meer gegevens door
nog een lieve groet
22-09-2008 om 11:28
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