- Tjotter
A" 'tjotter"' is the smallest of the open round Fries sailing ships with a
length on the stern exceeding 5.4 m.The ship has no
roundwood or. It has a widehelm . The head of the rudder is usually decorated with aclick where a bird is outstretched.Originally, the tjotter was used in Friesland for small-scale transport of goods and people at a time that there were only few roads. A tjotter with the size 4.8 m x 2.4 m in Friesland is called a "fjouwer-yacht".
At the warf of
Pier Piersma , fjouwer-yachts are still commonly build.External links
* [http://www.dehelling.info/content/ Shipbuilding "De Helling"]
* [http://www.piersma.nl/ Wesite of Pier Piersma]
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