Ships of Croatia

Type of ship

[[File:Bracera traditional sailboat Croatia.jpg|thumb|Traditional Croatian sailing boat [cro. bracera] "Our Lady of the Sea" sailing with its Lateen sail]] A bracera or brazzera () is a traditional Adriatic coastal cargo sailing vessel originated in Dalmatia and first recorded in the 16th-century chronicles. Along with its larger sisters - trabakuls and peligs, braceras formed the backbone of the commercial fleet on the Adriatic Sea with one masted one being the most prominent and best known. This solid and very mobile boat with wide hips and blunt bow was particularly suitable for commerce an