Faering

{{Short description|Type of boat}} thumb|Sunnmørsfæring exhibited at Herøy coastal museum, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. (Photo: Silje L. Bakke)

A '''faering''' is an open boat with two pairs of oars, commonly found in most boat-building traditions in western and northern Scandinavia.<ref>[http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/norse_faering.htm ''What is a norse færing?'' (Vikingskip.com)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222230557/http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/norse_faering.htm |date=2011-02-22 }}</ref>

==History== Faerings are clinker-built, with planks overlapped and riveted together to form the hull. This type of boat has a history dating back to Viking-era Scandinavia. The small boats found with the 9th century Gokstad ship resemble those still used in Western and Northern Norway, and testify to a long tradition of boat building. Faerings may carry a small sail, traditionally a square sail, in addition to oars. The only significant difference being a conversion from a side-mounted rudder to stern-mounted. They are used as small fishing vessels in areas of modern Norway, and occasionally raced.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/trebaater_norge.htm |title=''The clinker built boat types of Norway after the medieval age'' (Vikingskip.com) |access-date=2011-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222230607/http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/trebaater_norge.htm |archive-date=2011-02-22 |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/viking-kopi-gokstadskipet.htm |title=''Viking" - Gokstadkopien fra 1893'' (Vikingskip.com) |access-date=2011-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302165613/http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/viking-kopi-gokstadskipet.htm |archive-date=2011-03-02 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Etymology== The word ''faering'' comes from the Norwegian word ''færing'' (Old Norse ''feræringr''), literally meaning "four-oaring".

==See also== *Knarr *Spritsail *Oselvar *Nordland

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Other sources== * Greenhill, Basil (1976) ''Archaeology of the Boat'' (London: Adam and Charles Black Publishers Ltd) {{ISBN|978-0-7136-1645-3}} * Leather, John (1990) ''Clinker Boatbuilding'' (Adlard Coles) {{ISBN|978-0-7136-3643-7}}

Category:Boat types