Fishing boats in Marsamxett harbour, Malta, around 1910. Valletta in the background. Fishermen are surely hauling a net between the nearest boat and the farthest.<br>
Those boats are <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferilla" class="extiw" title="w:Ferilla">Ferilli</a></i> (<i>ferilla</i> in singular), a type of local boat used for fishing, propelled by oars or sails. The <i>ferilla</i> is recognizable by its very tall fore stem and short aft stem, some examples carried a double layer of gunwhale (the area that rests above the <i>Tappiera</i>, which is painted brown on today's boats). These boats carried a <i>Tarkija</i> sail, a type of Sprit sail that has the foot of the Yard resting on the <i>Bank il-lasta</i> rather than being lashed to the mast.
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