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| THE LLAUD IS A FISHING VESSEL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, SPECIFICALLY THE BALEARIC ISLANDS - AN AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SPAIN IN THE WEST MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THE THREE PRINCIPAL ISLANDS WHERE THE LLAUD FISHING VESSELS ARE BUILT AND USED ARE MAJORCA, MINORCA AND IBIZA. THESE AREAS HAVE A MILD CLIMATE AND ARE POPULAR TOURIST CENTERS TODAY. THE BALEARICS WERE OCCUPIED BY THE MOORS IN THE 8th CENTURY AND |
| CAPTURED BY JAMES I OF ARAGON IN 1229-1235. THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE INDEPENDENT KINGDOM OF MAJORCA AND REVERTED TO THE ARAGONESE CROWN UNDER PETER IV IN 1276-1343. PALMA IS THE CHIEF CITY OF MAJORCA. |
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| THE LLAUD FISHING VESSEL WAS BUILT BY THE OLD MAJORCAN MASTER CRAFTSMEN FROM 1880-1950. THESE BOATS WERE MADE OF RAMEN, A NATIVE MEDITERRANEAN WOOD, AND WITH WALNUT AND MAHOGANY FROM AFRICA. THEY WERE USUALLY ABOUT 30 FEET IN LENGTH, HAD A LUG TYPE OF SAILING RIG AND SOME WERE EQUIPPED WITH ENGINES. |
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| THE LLAUD BOAT COMPANY, FORMED IN 1950, CONTINUES THE TRADITION. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES ARE STILL THE DOUBLE END HULL, OUTBOARD RUDDER AND THE DESIGN OF THE STEM HEAD. SOME OF THE MODERN TRAWLER-TYPE DESIGNS ARE UP TO 45 FEET, MADE OF FIBERGLASS WITH WOOD TRIM. |
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| THIS VESSEL COMMISSIONED BY: |
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| PAUL AND JEANNE SPILLANE |
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| IN THE ORDER OF: REPLICA SCALE 1:25 WITH PLANK-ON-BULKHEAD CONSTRUCTION USING ORIGINAL WOODS - RAMEN, WALNUT AND MAHOGANY. NRPNI4499 |
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