Hello, as you can notice in the beautiful Frans picture, the Venitian Gondolas are made in a visible asymmetry. Below you can find the reason and some information about this magnificent boat!
Dariush
The construction of the gondola continued to evolve until the
mid-20th century, when the city government prohibited any further
modifications. The oar or rèmo is held in an oar lock known as a Forcola
The forcola is of a complicated shape, allowing several positions of
the oar for slow forward rowing, powerful forward rowing, turning,
slowing down, rowing backwards, and stopping. The ornament on the front
of the boat is called the fèrro (meaning iron) and can be made
from brass, stainless steel, or aluminium. It serves as decoration and
as counterweight for the gondolier standing near the stern.
Gondolas are hand made using 8 different types of wood (fir, oak,
cherry, walnut, elm, mahogany, larch and lime) and are composed of 280
pieces.
The oars are made of beech wood. The left side of the gondola is made
longer than the right side. This asymmetry causes the gondola to resist
the tendency to turn toward the left at the forward stroke.
--- Gio 28/1/10, Frans <fransvandepoel(-at-)yahoo.de> ha scritto:
Da: Frans <fransvandepoel(-at-)yahoo.de>
Oggetto: [Anaglyphs] Full HD-8
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Data: Giovedì 28 gennaio 2010, 12:07
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