Sixareen

The Shetland Sixern ( German: Shetland Six belt ), also Sixareen is a small British fishing sailing boat type.

History

The type of boat was used in the Shetland Islands for sea fishing. The beginning of his use of time is in the first half of the 19th century. At the beginning were imported to the Shetland Islands complete kits of boats from Norway, from where the name comes from ( Seksring means in Norwegian "Six belt "). From the mid 19th century were imported due to higher import duties, only the fir wood needed and built the boats themselves. Already at the end of the century the boat type more modern boats had largely obsolete. Originals boats are not obtained, the replica Far Haaf from the 1980s was destroyed in a bad weather, another replica still exists.

Method of construction

The open and slender in proportion Boats recall the construction of the long boats, but have a number of peculiarities, such as iron fittings on. The produced clinker built wooden hull of work sailor, fore and aft tapered. The " Hauptanntriebsquelle " are the six eponymous belts, which are served by the normally six -man crew. Due to the individual somewhat forward of the center-mounted pole with lug sail the boats have no bowsprit or other overhangs. To control serves a tiller.

Inside the boat is divided by the thwarts into six compartments, which are each assigned to particular tasks.

As the boats are not supplied by construction, in bad weather at sea, but only could abwettern with Steven in the sea, some were driven with long westerly wind phases to the Norwegian coast. It went during the use time, numerous boats under their crews.