The fishing fleet of Grado reached its peak at the end of ā€˜800.
Boats with flat bottom like ā€˜batele’, suited to sail the shallows of the lagoon, or like the ā€˜spiferi’ which we can see in the picture: boats with rounded bottom, provided with a keel, also able to sail open sea. The ā€˜spiferi’ with the advent of the engine, have superseded the ā€˜bragossi’, fishing boats which were common in the High Adriatic Sea.
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