Bissa

The bissa is a typical Lake Garda boat, used for standing rowing or Venetian rowing. The boat is about 10.5 metres long, has a flat bottom and has 4 rowlocks (called forcole), one for each of the standing rowers (vogata di punta). The absence of a keel, besides allowing considerable manoeuvrability, also gives the craft greater stability.

Machine-translated from the Italian article