Bojer
A Bojer (also called Boj, Boier, Boeijer, Boeyjer or Booyer, Danish: Smakker ) is a round built, flat sailing ship from Holland that goes flat on the mudflats and coasts .
A bojer has a flat bottom and wide swords. The main task was laying buoys and transporting freight. Initially single-masted, only equipped with a mast and sprayer sails , it was further developed into a "one and a half master" with sprits and latinsails .
As a master and a half, the Bojer was one of the most famous coastal sailors in northern European waters in the 16th and 17th centuries. This larger, sea-going bojer type was characterized by a less flat ship's bottom , the elimination of the swords , a flat transom and a small hut. Later, a small top reed sail was also used on the main mast , the small mizzen mast kept the latin sail and on the bowsprit there was a blind , square sail .
At the beginning of the 17th century, the spritsail was replaced by a gaff sail .
The wide, full shape of the bojer visibly influenced subsequent ship types such as kuff , tjalk and galiot .
Under the name of “buoy yacht” and equipped with gaff rigging, this type of ship is still used today as a utility and sport boat up to 13 m in length.
In Denmark , the type of ship under the name Smakker (also Børtsmakke or Bojert ) was mainly used as a mail ship in coastal waters.
literature
- K. Schwitalla, U. Scharnow: Lexicon of seafaring . Born in 1988, transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrwesen Berlin, ISBN 3-344-00190-6 . Page 74
- Alfred Dudszus: The great book of ship types: Ships, boats, rafts under oars and sails, steamers, motor ships, marine technology. Pietsch Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-613-50391-3 , page 60