bracera
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[[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
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- Origin
- Advantages and usage
- Types of bracera
- The single mast bracera with square sail
- The single mast bracera with the sprit sail
- The single mast bracerae with the lateen sail
- The lug rigged single mast bracera from the island of Brač
- The gaff rigged single mast bracera/ Dubrovnik bracera
- The two mast lateen rigged Istrian bracera
- The two mast gaff rigged Istrian bracera
- The three mast bracera from Rovinj-Rovigno
- Braceras today
- The oldest surviving bracera "Roditelj" (eng. "The Parent")
- Replica of the single masted traditional bracera "Gospa od mora" (eng. "Our Lady of the Sea")
- See also
- References
- External links
[[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 and communication between the many islands of the Adriatic as well as neighboring coasts. Already in the 19th century over 800 of them were listed in the Austro-Hungarian fleet register covering vessels of the Dalmatian and Istrian coasts. Adriatic braceras distinguish from the vessels carrying same/similar names like, for example, in the Aegean Sea. Unlike there, on the Adriatic the term refers to the entire boat, the system that consists of the hull and the rig as well, and not merely the sail.
Today, The Dolphin Dream Society is operating Dubrovnik waters with a unique one masted bracera replica called "Our Lady of the Sea" aiming to promote Croatian maritime heritage through responsible tourism.