A historic design of small coastal trading and fishing ship native to the Mediterranean Sea. It features a single mast carrying a massive triangular lateen sail and a bowsprit for a foresail. The lateen rig allowed the vessel to sail efficiently close to the wind in the variable breezes of the Mediterranean basin.
Heard on the job
The museum is restoring an old tartan to demonstrate traditional Mediterranean coastal fishing methods.
Also heard as
- tartane