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Gripos-kaiki
A special fishing vessel from the Princes' Islands («Burgazada») at 1880.
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"Trata" Greek traditional fishing boat
Trata was a common type of rowing vessel, double-ended with a slender hull, used exclusively for fishing. It seems that the vessel took its name from the “trata” a type of drift net (dragnet) which had been common all over the Eastern Mediterranean.
It was a narrow rowing vessel but she was also carrying a removable short mast from which a lateen sail could be hoisted. There are also references to trata vessels with two lateen sails on two masts and a length of 12 m.
The distinctive feature was a wooden projection in front of the stem post.
For others this was used as a step for fishermen when they were jumping to the shore and for some others as a place where, who was handling the nets had to be stood. It was decked only on the bow and stern in order to provide space for the nets and for the tiller man. In the middle, the boat had benches equal in number to the pairs of oars used to propel it.
Trata was not easily converted into a motorboat and so was abandoned shortly after the Second World War.
Scale 1:20 / Length:66 cm / Width:15 cm
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Rowing "Trata"
Greek traditional fishing boat.
Scale:1:20
Length:66 cm Width:15 cm
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Greek Sakoleva
A model of a small Greek traditional merchant vessel, built from scratch.
Scale 1:25
Length:63 cm - Width:13,5 cm - Height:42 cm
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Skaphee from Symi Island
Skaphee was a sponge fishing vessel from Island of Symi at South East Aegean Sea
She was about 15 meters long and she was a fast sail ship. She had only one main mast and a small mizzen, she was “over-rigged”, with a “Sacoleva” or a “Half-lateen” sail along with 2 top sails and 2-3 jibs.
The mizzen sail was mostly used for smooth movements at the process of sponge fishing.
Those vessels were carrying a crew of 7-8 men and among them the “naked divers” (with no diving equipment) who dive with only a sponge in their mouth (to prevent water entering) and a flat oval shaped stone (called as “skandalopetra” = “Bellstone” ) in their arms (shown on the model) in order to reach the bottom of the deep fast.
The captain had the duty to follow the divers, when they were fishing in the deep, handling the tiller of the big rudder and the small mizzen sail.
The particular shape of the hull was perfect for those movements at the fishing process but it had also the disadvantage of instability in rough weather, making the need for great amount of ballast, necessary.
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Scale:1:30 Length:44 Width:10,5 cm Height:50 cm
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