Following my recent post on the artistic nature of the ropework on some of the boats in local harbours, I came another couple of lovely examples. There’s no doubt that those rope bow-fenders just add so much character!
First up, this double fender makes it seem like this boat could talk!
If boats could talk…
And then we have this very sweet, friendly-looking boat. He (or are boats always she?) is positively smiling! Doesn’t it just have character written all over it?
What a happy little boat!
Which brings me to a question that I sometimes wonder about. In traditional fisher communities around the UK, the boats historically had names, for example Bonnie Lass or Morning Star in addition to their registration port/number. But it seems that on Hvar and maybe generally in Croatia, very few are named. These fishing boats are, of course, rather smaller than North Sea trawlers, so maybe there’s simply not enough space?
Go Hvar 
We’re looking to buy a boat this year. I am curious to know how hard it is to learn these knots…you know, so my boat is not washed away. Great post.
Very tempted to get a boat ourselves, but not sure how practical that would be! Are you going to the small boat show in Split later this month? Should be fun!
My tugboat man does some amazing marlinspike seamanship. Love these pics!
Thanks! I had to look up marlinspike seamanship, shows what a landlubber I am! The local term seems to be “gropi i konopi”, which sounds very poetic!