Bilander

The Bilander ( Bill Ander, of ndl within lander -. Landlocked countries ) was a zweimastiges wooden sailing ship of Dutch origin in the 17th and 18th centuries. The hull was full and klinkerbeplankt, the bow around the rudder with tiller designed. It had bowsprit with jib boom, a square-rigged foremast with square sails three - Jib, Vormarssegel and Vorbramsegel as in the Schnau - as well as one to two headsails. The mainmast was wearing, instead of one Großrahsegels ( or large gaff sail as a brigantine ) a long, heavy tail with a lateen sail as mainsail. Great Mars and Großbramsegel were re-exported as a square sail. The lateen sail of the balancing DERs was considered difficult to handle, the tail was on the upper nock the flag. It was measured mostly under 100 GRT and drove in coastal areas usually primarily as a cargo ship to the North Sea and the Mediterranean as well as in the inland of the Netherlands ( North and South Holland, Zeudersee (now IJsselmeer ) ). Even at the end of the 18th century Bilander were used in the Netherlands. The French Bilander Olivier from the 18th century graduated in 1735 a transatlantic journey with passengers to Charleston and Philadelphia and suffered against Virginia on his second voyage to North America shipwreck.