Hardangerjakt
The Hardangerjakt is a traditional sailing ship that was particularly widespread in northern Norway in the 19th century and was used as a cargo ship. Several hundred of these small, agile ships operated in the Norwegian coastal waters, but occasionally also to ports in the North and Baltic Seas . Most of their cargo consisted of salted herrings and other fish, which they transported from North Norge to the Vestlandet coast; on the return journey they often brought grain north.
description
It is a single-masted , Kraweel construction, mostly about 20 m long sailing ship with a long bowsprit and jib boom , an almost vertical transom and a smooth, continuous deck . The Hardangerjakt has gaff rigging , with gaff sail and square gaff top sail ; in front of the mast she drives two square sails (a relatively small topsail and a large broad jib ) and three staysails ( jib , inner jib and outer jib ). The ship is sometimes referred to as a sloop , but it is wider in proportion to its length, has a straight stern and a single-piece mast (without bars ).
History
The historically best known Hardangerjakt was the 21 m long Gjøa built in 1872 , with which Roald Amundsen was the first to explore and cross the Northwest Passage from 1903 to 1906 .
Maintenance of tradition
Today restored (and mostly equipped with additional machines) Hardangerjakten still operate as excursion and tourist boats or as museum ships . One of the best known is Mathilde, run by Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter (Hardanger Maritime Center) . It is 22.25 m long, 6.46 m wide and measured with 77.46 GRT or 58.06 NRT . Their mast is 25.5 m high. With a total sail area of 400 m 2 , she can reach a speed of over 11 knots . The Stavanger Maritime Museum (Stavanger Sjøfartsmuseum) maintains the small Hardangerjakt Anna af Sand , which was launched in 1848 and is one of the oldest sailing ships in Europe still at sea. She is only 15.85 m long and 5.5 m wide, has a 2.2 m draft and a 19 m high mast.
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.mellemverftet.net/web/Artikler/Mathilde_Lofottokt/Mathilde_Lofottokt.htm ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://norsk-fartoyvern.no/medlem/anna-af-sand/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
