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borneurs Coasters and have been for centuries, transportation essential to the economy at times when land transportation was slow and unsafe.

The coasters were smaller than the long haul. The word comes from the cap (as defined point of land): they ranged from cape to cape. In Europe, the largest were able to sail from Norway to Senegal, and across the Mediterranean.

These coasters sailing were between 20 and 50 m long and were extremely numerous until 1939. They were later replaced by motor coasters but the development of land transport (rail, road transport and especially) their was a lot of competition.

often Built of steel, but sometimes of wood, they were sometimes three masts: rarely barque boat ( Kaskelot , today rigged three-masted barque, was originally a large ketch), most often 3-masted schooners or schooner you to 3 m Ats as Oosterschelde.

Most often they had two masts: brigs (eg Astrid ) schooner (often called brigs) as Eye-of- the-Wind ; go e élet s as Anna Rogde , Zuiderzee or Undine;

ketches , as Bessie Ellen, Solv ang or Anna Rosa .



The borneurs were small coasters whose range was smaller (the limit is obviously blurred between the 2 categories) . They went from port to port and carried all kinds of goods not too perishable materials construction, vegetables and fruits, salted fish, salt, coal, roe (cod roe) from Norway and designed to entice fish. Some equipped with tanks, transporting live fish, especially in the Nordic countries (Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Baltic Sea ...)

Larger borneurs were made of steel, but most were made of wood .

More numerous than the coasters, which are essential when railways and roads were poorly developed, they did not withstand competition from trains and especially trucks, motor their successors have completely disappeared, except notable service between islands and mainland. The Fairy Aulne , for example, has sailed to 2000 with the sails (which were rarely used, really ...).

Among borneurs include:

- The Dutch sailing many thoroughly flat side fins, and they make the transition from river barges and seagoing ships , sailing mostly on channels and seas very sheltered (Lake Ijsell, Wadensee). For example, below, Vertrouwen .

- The Galeos Portuguese salt, such as Alb arq uel and O'Abandonado , catering salt cod fishing ports.

- The Thames barges , the original rig (sail sprit), for example Victor , below.

- The barges Brittany as Flower Lampaul , Our Lady of Rumengol or André-Yvette, larger, rigged Dundee; Dah'l Mad smaller cutter-rigged, and these vessels were often hourglasses, sand dredging for agriculture and construction, and also to deepen the shipping channels. They have played a role in the reconstruction of Brest after the war. They were also used to transport seaweed, fruits and vegetables, etc..

boats even smaller runs between two sides of a bay or estuary, such as boats from the harbor of Brest. Marie-Claudine measuring just 9.6 meters long, is a replica boat that allowed the transport of fresh fruit (strawberries) and vegetables that farmers would sell Plougastel Brest markets.

- Cutter Sainte-Jeanne , Erquy, is the reconstitution of a coaster that crossed the English Channel.

- The lugger Corey is a replica of a vessel which traded from Quimper, often to Bordeaux (where he brought the wine).

- The schooner Cotentin Neire Maôve is a replica of a ship en route from the Channel Islands in the Cotentin.

The coasters and borneurs could belong to a shipowner but the boss (that is to say the commander and pilot of the boat, like a boat fishing) was often his own owner. The crew was composed of a few men.

- The lugger were in the 19th century until World War II, ships load that would seek sea fish, including sardines fished by small boats (rowboats) at reduced capacity. The boats could continue to fish well, and very fresh fish arriving at the cannery. These hunting-tide often belonged to the owners of canneries, which also owned the boats. They had a rig neighboring luggers. La Belle Angele is a replica of lugger southern Finistère, whose home port is Pont-Aven.

- The tartans, felucca, dhows , etc. ... were coasting with lateen sails, typical of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The Flâneuse , Marseille, is a replica of tartan.

- The boats from Lake Geneva boats were responsible for this lake, 2 masts and sails, up to 30 m long. Their function was to transport the building stone, quarried in East Lake (near St. Gingolph), about growing cities in the early 20 th century: Geneva, Lausanne and Evian.

The Savoy is a replica of large boat, the Go udoise a boat average (or brig, do not be confused with the Marine brig, square rigged ) and the Aurora a replica of a small boat (10 m long).

The junks Far East (China, Viet Nam, Japan) are medium sized boats, 2 or 3 masts and back very spicy (in "castle"). Their sails are carried by several horizontal bamboo slats, which facilitate the reduction of wing. They are used trade or fishing.