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Manufacture
and its formation

Significant changes in building a pletna boat came in the year 1902 when it got the shape it has today. The most credit for that goes to my grandfather Anton Zupan which was involved at the construction of the mentioned Pletna boat. As the carrier of the tradition in the boatbuilding I have achieved that pletna of the today's dimensions (length 730cm, width 230cm) is completely safe and interesting for tourists. I'm glad that other pletna boat captains wish to follow my example. It will keep the quality of the boats. The name pletna was adopted by our ancestors after a German word pletten. Pletnas of different sizes and shapes can still be found on many Austrian lakes.

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