Tugboat
As Tucker Kahn one is clinker-built trawler boat for the Pomeranian Haffgewässer referred.
The Tuckerkahn is somewhat smaller than a Zeesenboot , approximately up to 20 meters long and equipped with a lug sail on a six to seven meter long spar . Two men are needed to hoist (set) the sail . Another special feature is the very large foresail , which is driven on the forestay and enables good sailing in the wind. After the 1920s, bowsprits also became possible. Tucker barges had amidships a Bünn , so a fish-filled space. Because of this wet fishing area, the catch stayed alive and could be brought fresh to the markets. They lived together in the front cabin, a small room below the foredeck. It was only after the First World War that cabin superstructures with portholes and sliding hatches were built over the companionway . In the cabin on the port side there was a cast-iron stove with a locker for the provisions, as well as the bunk for the boy. The skipper and the major seaman slept on the starboard side , which has always been the "elegant" side on all ships. The coal box also served as a step outside.
The name Tuckerkahn is derived from the type of trawling known as Tucken . In this case, the net bag, the so-called Tuckzeese , was dragged between two vehicles under sail. The mesh bags were a little larger than those on the Zeesen boats. The tow lines used were 150 to 170 meters long and were occupied on the mast . The distance between the boats was about 150 meters when tucking. On every ship there was a strict hierarchy with a command structure. The boats were out for up to a week and fished during the day.
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Rudolph: The island of the boatmen. Rostock 2000, ISBN 3-356-00855-2 .
- Wolfgang Rudolph: Sailing boats on the German Baltic coast , Akademieverlag Berlin 1969; Vol. 53.
- Hansen / Knuth: Lexicon of sailing ship types, Urbes Verlag Oldenburg 1987, page 94, ISBN 3-924896-10-0 .