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  Tradisjon i tre

Oselvaren er klinkbygd (sideborda er klinka saman kant over kant) av tynne, svært breie bord. Først vert borda sauma opp mellom stamnar og kjøl, deretter vert band (spant) sett inn. Ein færing har tre bordhøgder på kvar side. Vyrket er furu. Til kjøl, lot, stamnar og keipar vert nytta eik.
Båtbyggjarens arbeid startar i skogen. Han må finna båt-furuer med grovt rotmål, og høveleg sjølvvaksen emneved for spanter, keipar osb. Ein særleg viktig detalj i konstruksjonen er halsane, dei «vindske», meir eller mindre trekanta borda som gjev båtbotnen form mot stamnane. Desse borda vart tradisjonelt hogne til med øks, men det har òg vore nytta damp og presser for å gje halsane form.

 

Traditional timber

The Oselvar is a clinker built boat with thin, very wide planks. First the planks are sewn together between the stems and the keel. Then the ribs (joists) are inserted. A four-oared boat would have three planks on each side. Oak was used for the keel, stems, rowlocks and the bent piece of wood that connected the keel and stem. The rest of the boat was built in pine. The work of every boat builder begins in the forest. He has to find pine trees suited to boat building (large trees) and wood the correct and natural shape for use as ribs, rowlocks etc. One essential element of the boat’s construction is the «halsane», the corkscrew shaped, practically triangular planks which gave the boat bottom its form towards the stems. The planks were traditionally shaped with an axe, but they have also been shaped by using a technique of steam and weihts.