Strilebåten Oselvaren fekk namnet sitt etter den viktigaste byggjestaden for denne båttypen på 1700-talet: ved munninga av Oselva. Båtbyggjarane her var kjende for dei lette, mjuke og snøgge trebordingane sine, båtar nett slik strilane ville ha dei. Oselvarane vart mykje nytta mellom anna til transport av fisk og jordbruksprodukt til Bergen. Ved Torget, der det var trongt om plassen for større båtar, låg oselvarane tett i tett. Og frå desse flytande handelsbuene falbaud strilane varene sine. | 
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På kyrkjeferd frå Ferstadvågen, 1906, Biletsamlinga, Os kommune.
The «Strile» boats
The Oselvar boat was named after the most important building site for this type of boat during the 18th century: at the mouth of the River Os. The boat builders were renowned for building light, swift and elegant wooden boats. And this kind of boat was just perfect for the «striler» (pronounced streeler). This is the originally insulting, but now somewhat affectionate term given to the people who lived on the islands and coastal regions outside Bergen. The striler used these boats to transport. They were dependent on boats to transport fish and crops to Bergen. The market in Bergen lies on the quay, and Strile boats would huddle together, their wooden sides bumping into each other, whilst their owners stood unsteadily bargaining to sell their goods. The Strile boats were both a form of transport and a market place.
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