Search results

The model was made from a plan made in 1789 by the marine painter Antoine Roux and reproduced by Admiral Paris in his work “Souvenir de Marine Conservés”. It wears only one mast perpendicular to the keel in its middle, which carries a large lateen sail, raised by an arrow sail as a flying...

In 1906, in the port of Le Bono, a village of Plougoumelen in the Gulf of Morbihan, more than a hundred forbans, on board of which fishermen worked with their trawl nets during the summer from Belle-Île to Île d 'Yeu, chasing soles, flounders and rays, while the women and retirees of the...

The mackerel drivers, mostly originating from St. Yves in West Cornwall, were driftnet and gillnetters fishing for mackerel and herring from the mid-19th century, when the fishing industry expanded to meet the growing demand caused by the expansion of the railway network. These luggers...

The hengst, a traditional Zeeland sailing ship, was a flat-bottomed boat with side daggerboards built for navigation in the Scheldt delta, characterized by its numerous shoals, narrows and strong currents with clear tidal influence. They were used mainly in Oosterscheldem and Westerschelde for...

The Bahia saveiros were born in Recôncavo Baiano, in the shipyards of various locations such as Massaranduba and Cabrito in Itagipe, Santo Amaro, São Roque, Cachoeira, São Félix, Ilha de Bom Jesus, Madre de Deus, São Francisco do Conde, Santo Amaro de Catu, Tubarão, Salinas da Margarida...

Pinky schooners, a common type of New England fishing vessel, sailed from local Cape Ann ports from the early 18th century to the early 20th century. In 1839, there were 64 registered pinky schooners in Cape Ann and its district. Pinkies were generally small boats from which men fished...

The Setúbal hiate has its origin in the Dutch cabotage ships that in the 18th and 19th centuries went to the estuary of the Sado river to load salt. Setúbal salt, which had the property of bleaching fish in the salting process, was a highly appreciated product in northern European countries and...

The cargo varinos appear as a response to the need to transport certain goods (cork, salt and wood) both from one river of the Tagus to the other, as well as for the cargo of the merchant ships that were waiting anchored at its mouth. In the last years of the 19th century, cork factories and...

The bateiras ílhavas, as their name indicates (Ílhavo is a Portuguese city, located in the district of Aveiro) are boats that, although they originated in the Ria de Aveiro, fished in the mouth of the Barra de Lisboa during the months of winter and were stranded in the summer on the beaches of...

.

The culé was a river boat that sailed from Rossio ao Sul do Tejo, in the middle course of the Portuguese Tagus, to the Lisbon estuary, transporting various cargoes and local and regional products. Its flat bottom, with “L” frames, stands out, with the reinforcement of a strip in the meeting...

The Zeesenboot is a central daggerboard boat up to 12 meters long and with good stability for sail fishing. The name derives from the fishing gear used, the "zeese". Built for shallow and relatively sheltered waters it is therefore very suitable for the shallow waters of Bodden. The Zeesenboot's...

The botter was originally a fishing boat from the southern part of the Zuiderzee, now known as the IJsselmeer, a lake created in a former shallow inlet of the North Sea, from which it is separated by a long artificial breakwater. The botter was used for both trawl and gillnet fishing, and to...

The Marmara “kancabaş” was a cabotage trade boat, of whose existence the first known evidence dates back to the 16th century and which survived until the end of the 19th century. These boats were built in the Gulf of Izmit and in Iznik, and had lengths of around 15-20 m. They generally sailed...

With this model I put an end to the series of Greek boats that I have been doing lately The model represents a “tserniki” from Mykonos, whose main sail (which the Greek call “semi-lateen”) actually consists of a gaff or gaff sail mounted on a long yard. The sail remains aft of the mast, but the...

The “tsernikis” were boats with a sharp bow and stern and a straight stem with a pronounced inclination. Its name may come either from the Turkish ship "tsikirne" or from a boat used on the Danube called "cernik" or "cirnik". Mainly built by the riverside shipwrights of the eastern Aegean...

Tserniki de Mytilene with sprit sail The model reproduces a traditional Mytilene boat, with a hull belonging to the “tserniki” class, a type of boat that was built in various dimensions: and used in all types of maritime activity, both for trade-as for fishing and that carried different types...

The model reproduces a Greek boat with a "trechantiri" type hull and bomb-vessel rig with a lugsail on the mizzen mast. The bomb-vessel rig, of military origin, was characterized by having two masts, cocking the mainmast in a somewhat delayed position, which made it possible to mount one or two...

The Lake Geneva, also known in french as Lake Léman, is the largest lake in Western Europe. It is located north of the Alps, between France and Switzerland, at the crossroads of two major communication axes that connect the Mediterranean and the Adriatic with Northern Europe. Coming from...

The peramas were Greek ships from the 19th and 20th centuries, typical of the Eastern Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara, which were used to transport all kinds of goods. They were characterized by their carrying capacity and good behavior in all types of seas. A very special feature of the...