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that is used as a

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boat on the shallow

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coast, in the

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, the fishing boats were built with wet or dry

s. The flushed cargo hold, often called a ''Bünn'' in the Baltic Sea region, is not sealed hermetically from the water, but is filled with surrounding water. Small holes in the outer skin of the boat enable an exchange of water between the ''bünn'' and the outside water. The fish that are caught can thus be transported live. In a traditional fishing boat without cooling units, this allowed the time delay between catching the fish and landing them to be extended. Around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, ''haffboote'' were active on the Neuwarper See and in the lower

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delta. They were built as shallow-draughted, broad-beamed clinker built vessels at small

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s in Neuwarp (now Nowe Warpno),

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.Wolfgang Rudolph: ''Segelboote der deutschen Ostseeküste.'' Akademieverlag Berlin 1969; Vol. 53

Types

The following types were classified as ''haffboote'' on the Stettin Lagoon: the ''zeeskahn'', once the largest of the ''haffboote''. It was 22 metres long, wide beamed and had a shallow draught. Its crew usually consisted of 3 men. ''Zeeskähne'' were usually under way for 48 hours and fished at night. Other types were the ''tuckerkahn'', the '' polte'', the '' zolle'' and the '' quatze''. The haul was handed over to fish dealers (''Quatzner''). They went out regularly to the fishing ''zeeskähne'' and ''tuckerkähne'' in order to bring in the catch and take it to the markets. At the same time they supplied the fishermen with provisions and news.

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Literature

* Wolfgang Rudolph: ''Die Insel der Schiffer.'' Rostock, 2000, . * Alfred Dudszus, Ernest Henriot, Friedrich Krumrey: ''Das große Schiffstypenbuch. Schiffe–Boote–Flöße unter Riemen und Segel. Historische Schiffs- und Bootsfunde. Berühmte Segelschiffe.'' transpress, Berlin, 1983.

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Model photos of a Quatze
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