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Chuala me tuarascail inniu ar RnaG faoi cruinniu "Gleotoig" (ceapaim go bhfuil an litriu mi-cheart agam).

Cad is "gleotoig"? An bad e? Galway Hooker, bhfeidir?

GRMA

It's definitely some kind of sailing term, but that's all I know. The spelling should be gleoiteog.

Tá pictiúr de ghleoiteog (Erin's Hope an t-ainm atá uirthi) ag:

http://www.galwayhookerassociation.ie/gailearai.htm

Ceist: cén fáth a mbíonn an dath rua sin ar na seolta i gcónaí?

This is straight off the top of my head and I'll look it up more after I send this out but I think there are different sizes of these traditional sailing boats with their captivating reddish-brown sails. God, I loved Féile an Dóilín and watching these boats but it's been many years now... I think the púcáin are the smallest, then the gleoiteog follows being bigger, and the hooker (bád mór) is the biggest. I used to watch them for hours on end as they crossed the horizon and now I'm nostalgic. Osna. I'll go and look it up in case I got it all wrong.

OK. According to the site Dennis showed us here, gleoiteog, púcán, leathbhád and bád mór are all considered types of hookers. Now I guess they are in order of size here making the gleoiteog the smallest but I’ll check that next.

The source here is Wikipedia so, this is to be checked again.
The hooker category includes four classes of boats.
1. The Bád Mór (big boat) ranges in length from 35 to 44 feet (10.5 - 13.5 metres).
2. The smaller Leath Bhád (half boat) is about 28 feet (10 metres) in length.
3. The Gleoiteog ranges in length from 24 to 28 feet and has the same sails and rigging as the larger boats.
4. The Púcán, is similar in size to the Gleoiteog but has one mainsail and one foresail.

Gabh mo leithscéal leads ach tá mé ag dul ag obair anois. Bhí leabhar iontach agam ar The Galway Hookers ach níl sé anseo. In Eirinn, b'fhéidir. A bhuel.

Nostalgia hits again. Fadó, fadó agus is fadó a bhí, tharraing mé Bád Mór ar phóstaeir agus scríobh mé eolas i nGaeilge faoi 'Féile an Dóilín' orthu agus chroc mé suas iad i gCasla agus ar an gCeathrú Rua. Good times.
OK - ag obair anois.

Tháinig mé ar mo leabhar The Galway Hookers le Richard J. Scott ach ní bhfuair mé eolas ann fós faoin dath rua. Cheap mé fhéin go bhfuair said an dath ó na plandaí a bhí ag fás san áit. Ní raibh `fhios `am. B’fhéidir raithneach a cheap mé ach dáiríre, ní raibh clue `am. Meas tú an bhfuil an freagra anseo? http://sailingsaintbarbara.com/?page_id=6
‘Her sails are a rusty red – inspired by the old calico sails rubbed with tree bark and butter to keep the rats away.’

Two more types of traditional sailboats:
5. Nobbies, báid a tháinig go hÉireann timpeall 1980 ón Isle of Mann agus
6. Zulus, báid a tháinig ó Albain

Tá amhrán i mo chloigeann anois: ♪♪ Crochfaidh mé seolta is gabhfaidh mé siar... ♪♪
ach b’fhearr liom An Mhaighdean Mhara ná curraichín ó ...
:)

For those interested Féile an Dóilín have a lovely website at
http://www.doilin.com/

E

quote:

‘Her sails are a rusty red – inspired by the old calico sails rubbed with tree bark and butter to keep the rats away.'

Fuair mé an méid seo in Cladaí Chonamara le Séamas Mac an Iomaire ar maidin:

"Seolta boga bealáilte le tearra dhearg agus blonag." (cuid de chur síos ar bhád a bhí gléasta le haghaidh na rásaí)

Ach, céard is "tarra dearg" ann?

Red tar, nach ea? An gcuireann siad péint ann?

Ócar!

Fuair mé an míniú seo ag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre

[Ochre] was boiled in great caldrons, together with tar, tallow and oak bark, the last ingredient giving the name of barking yards to the places where the hot mixture was painted on to the sails, which were then hung up to dry.

Tá seoltaí na húicéirí dearg de gnáth - dath donn rua seachas dath dearg geall..

Tá pictiúr deas den American Mór faoi lán seol ar http://read-out.net/athome/americanmor.jpeg

Eoin

(Hooker sails are usually russet in colour- see An American Mór!)

Pictiúr an-dheas!

Tá sé easca titim i ngrá leis na báid seo. Pictiúirí eile anseo:
http://www.galwayhookerassociation.ie/gailearai.htm

Ach is fearr liom do cheannsa!

`Rua cinnte, ach b'fhéidir beagáinín níos deirge nuair atá an ghrian ag taitneamh ar na seolta.
Rua a bhí orthu go léir nuair a bhí mé ann, cosúil leis an gCeathrú Rua féin. Dath álainn.
Caithfidh go raibh mé ann don chéad 'Féile an Dóilín' - nóiméad sa stair!


`Rua an dath a chuir mé ar na postaeir sin. Ceart `ad.

Tá féile mhaith acu i gCinn Mhara freisin, cloisim.