Lazarette

An aft peak is

• A switch located in the rearmost fuselage ballast water tank or
• Located a sailor linguistic expression for a aft (rear ) in the ship, small room ( Low German: Piek ), corresponding to a stern cabin on a larger ship ..

In the aft peak is often the cabin of the skipper or captain, access is via a decline.

For sailing yachts usually a cockpit is available. In this ketschgetakelten ships is located further forward, so here is the construction of an aft peak to be found more frequently. Likewise, an elongated, classic yacht stern offers more space.

Since the second half of the 20th century interspersed slupgetakelte cracks for sailing ships, " migrated " to the mast and the cockpit to the rear, and the space for the aft peak decreased. At the rear, usually was a locker for storage of fenders and mooring lines.

On modern yachts for sailing regatta, the cockpit is often open to the rear, so that for example on deck gespritzes water to drain faster.