boat known as a pletna. The word pletna is a borrowing from Bavarian German Plätten 'flat-bottomed boat'. Some sources claim the pletna was used in Lake...

forward and resting a single oar in a special oarlock called fórcola. The pletna of Slovenia is rowed forward in the standing position with two oars. Another...

get to the island on a traditional flat-bottomed wooden boat (Slovene: pletna), part of a fixed fleet of 23 boats to protect the lake's cleanliness, run...