Rowing racing boats

type of watercraft designed for speed

boat class in rowing

boat class in rowing

boat class in rowing

boat class in rowing

250px|thumb|right|Illustration of a rowing fishing trainera 250px|thumb|right|The Arkote Arraun team from Plentzia in the 2007 Kontxako Bandera race thumb|250px|right|Sail fishing trainera cruising the Bay of Santander, [[Cantabria, in the early 20th century.]] thumb|250px|Sports trainera participating in a regatta in the Bay of Santander, [[Cantabria, in the early 20th century.]] 250px|thumb|right|Castro Urdiales rowing team in a 2008 regatta in Santander thumb|250px|Astillero's "oars up" celebration in Santander thumb|right|250px|Gipuzkoas female estropadak team racing in [[Zarautz]] 250px|t

boat class in rowing

boat class in rowing

rowing boat specifically designed for racing or exercise in the sport of rowing

boat class in rowing

boat class in rowing

right|thumb|Thames wherry built to 18th-century design at Kingston upon Thames right|thumb|250px|A Norfolk wherry on the [[River Bure.]]

300px|thumb|upright 2|Sandolo in Canal Grande thumb|A sandolo thumb|Sandolo, detail. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1969 The sandolo is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat designed for the generally shallow waters of the Venetian Lagoon. The Italian plural is sandoli. ==Description== A sandolo is less ornate and of a simpler build than a gondola, but both have a pointed, decorated metal nose. It is also lighter and smaller than a gondola, and can be recognized at a glance, as it always lacks the benches and high steel prow (called ferro) which is seen on a gondola. The sandolo, like the l