Key details

Current boat name
n/a
Boat class
7328
Function
Passenger
Type
Open boat

Dimensions and specifications

Length (m / ft)
3.96 / 13ft
Beam (m / ft)
1.52 / 5ft
Propulsion
Oar

Design and build

Designer
Traditional
Date of build
1969
Place of build
Osterbygge, Finland

Current status

Present use
Museum/NMMC

History

Offered for free transfer by NMM 2015 Built by a Baltic island farmer/fisherman, Gote Karlman of Osterbygge, Aland in 1969 and used by him as a working boat until he disposed of her to NMM in 1981. The Oka is a two transom boat type widely used along the Baltic coastlines of Sweden and Finland. It is used as farmers’ boats, for net fishing and for personal transport of one or two people. October 2007