Gozo boat or Tal-Latini maltese ferry boat

[Punchie]

Hi
I have a simple kit of a Tal Latini boat purchased many years ago. Trying to build it but there isn't much info about the rigging.
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Punchie

 

[Thanasis]

Hi.
See what you gain from old photos and postcards searching with images in your browser (ebay-Delcampe-...)
Or you can see a description on page 109 in the below book .

Last days of mast & sail : an essay in nautical comparative anatomy : Moore, Alan Hilary, Sir,2d bart., 1882-1959 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

260 p. :

archive.org

Thx

 

[Punchie]

Hi Thanasis
I've been looking at ebay and did find a couple of old postcards.
Thanks for the link to the book. A nice piece of descriptive writing about this boat with a couple of diagrams.
I'm sure there are many other useful observations and sketches in it for other craft.
Cheers

 

[eldrin83]

Hello, from where did you buy the kit please? Any more information about it? I am Maltese and I am very interested in building this boat and I always thought no kit exists and was going to scratch build it.
Regarding the rigging, if you are interested, I can send you photos of a model found at the Malta Maritime Museum.