Baidak

Baidak ( _uk. байда́к) was a wooden sailing ship, similar to a cog. It had a flush-laid flat bottom approximately 3 - 4 metres wide, which narrowed to tapered ends, and one 5 metre mast. Measuring approximately 15 - 20 meters in length, a baidak could carry a load of approximately 200 tons. It could be operated by oars or sail.

"Baidaky" were in use from the 16th - 19th centuries in the territory of present-day Ukraine, primarily for cargo delivery on Dnieper and Don rivers, however they were also frequently used by the Zaporizhian Cossacks [ [http://www.zsu.zp.ua/euk/search/IndSrch_fr.htm Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Cossackdom, in Ukrainian] ] [ [http://kaschenko.us.org.ua/ist-povisti/nad_kodackym_porohom.html Adrian Kashchenko, Nad Kodatskym Porogom] ] for their military campaigns to the Black Sea.

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