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| The tòpo, also called the batèlo a pìsso, is the most widely used fishing/transport boat of the lagoon. It is between six and twelve metres long, has the bow stem curved forwards and a rounded stern with a vertical stem. The types used for fishing have always used the same model of fórcola as the gragagne and the bragassi. In Venice, where they are used only for recreation with a sail, the fórcole are slightly different. In particular on the stern fórcola, on the part used for the stopping manouevre, there is a pointed protrusion which is purely decorative. | |
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| 30. Tòpo: stern forcola | |
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| 31. Tòpo: 'mitria' forcola | 32. Tòpo: bow forcola |
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