Kuff
Kuff describes a historical type of ship that is mostly used in coastal shipping. The kuff was in use along the North Sea coasts of Belgium , the Netherlands and Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries . Typically a kuff had one and a half masts , with a gaff sail on the main mast and one or two square sails on its Mars stalk. The mizzen mast was also rigged with a gaff sail. The ship had a full shape with a flat bottom and strongly rounded and raised bow and stern shapes . Smaller skids were equipped with side swords .
literature
- Dudszus, Alfred; Henriot, Ernest; Krumrey, Friedrich: The big book of ship types . Rostock, Hinstorff, 1983 (new edition without year, Pietsch Verlag Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-50313-1 )
- Menzel, Horst: Smacking, Kuffen, Galioten. Three almost forgotten types of ships from the 18th and 19th centuries . Hamburg, Kabel, 1997. ISBN 3822504130
Web links
- Kuff model , accessed May 10, 2017