As a school teacher I have a good relationship with books, so I read a lot and all kinds of them. However my feelings are particular for folklore books.
Recently dropped in my hands, one of those folklore books, titled as "Proti-Antigone" which is referring to Princes' Islands circa the end of 1880.
The book especially is focused to the Island with the early Greek name "Antigone" - or «Burgazada» now in Turkish.
The author describes the way of life at that time, and in a part of the book, stands in the main occupation of the inhabitants, the fishing.
He refers to a special way of fishing, the "gripos" (traine (?) and the particular boats that they were used for this purpose.
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According to the book, "gripos" is the way of fishing where two boats in cooperation, were throwing a net to a side of a herd fish and then, paddling (at that time) in coordination, they were leading the herd to a coast with sand, where they were completing the collection of the catch. For this way of fishing, were used special, light and narrow vessels, called as "Gripo-kaika" (gripos-kaiki (or Caique)) because of the special use.
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Standing at the section of presentation of these boats, I was surprised as in front of my eyes I had a very detailed description of their construction and decoration. I immediately realized that I had found the motivation and what would be my next model...
In my followed research, I found that this type of vessel, apart from the Princes' Islands, were also used in Marmara Sea and therefore by all the surrounding nations. Greeks as (Αλαμάνα-gripos)-Turks as (Alamana) and Bulgarians as (Аламана).
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So I searched and found information by crossing the Aegean Sea. And through these lines, I would like to thank our Turkish modeler mates from the forum “modelteknikleri.com”, for the help they provided me and as a result of collaboration with naftotopos.gr. (For those friends who haven't read my self-presentation, I am an active member of this site.)
It was a well shaped and beautiful vessel, with elaborate decoration and it was often used at various events. Sometimes it was rigged with a simple lateen sail, although it was mostly handled by oars.
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Next I will present you the construction of a model equipped with oars.
Gripos-kaiki by Giorgos - FINISHED
in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Hello everyone.
As a school teacher I have a good relationship with books, so I read a lot and all kinds of them. However my feelings are particular for folklore books.
Recently dropped in my hands, one of those folklore books, titled as "Proti-Antigone" which is referring to Princes' Islands circa the end of 1880.
The book especially is focused to the Island with the early Greek name "Antigone" - or «Burgazada» now in Turkish.
The author describes the way of life at that time, and in a part of the book, stands in the main occupation of the inhabitants, the fishing.
He refers to a special way of fishing, the "gripos" (traine (?) and the particular boats that they were used for this purpose.
...........................
According to the book, "gripos" is the way of fishing where two boats in cooperation, were throwing a net to a side of a herd fish and then, paddling (at that time) in coordination, they were leading the herd to a coast with sand, where they were completing the collection of the catch. For this way of fishing, were used special, light and narrow vessels, called as "Gripo-kaika" (gripos-kaiki (or Caique)) because of the special use.
...........................
Standing at the section of presentation of these boats, I was surprised as in front of my eyes I had a very detailed description of their construction and decoration. I immediately realized that I had found the motivation and what would be my next model...
In my followed research, I found that this type of vessel, apart from the Princes' Islands, were also used in Marmara Sea and therefore by all the surrounding nations. Greeks as (Αλαμάνα-gripos)-Turks as (Alamana) and Bulgarians as (Аламана).
.......................................
So I searched and found information by crossing the Aegean Sea. And through these lines, I would like to thank our Turkish modeler mates from the forum “modelteknikleri.com”, for the help they provided me and as a result of collaboration with naftotopos.gr. (For those friends who haven't read my self-presentation, I am an active member of this site.)
It was a well shaped and beautiful vessel, with elaborate decoration and it was often used at various events. Sometimes it was rigged with a simple lateen sail, although it was mostly handled by oars.
...........................
Next I will present you the construction of a model equipped with oars.
Thank you