River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»



Technical Data
Length overall (LOA) 9.2 m.
Beam overall (BOA) 2.4 m.
Draught 0.4 m.
Weight 1400 kg.
Sail area 21.0 m2
Oars 8 pcs.
Passengers 12 pers.

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River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»
River flat-bottomed boat «Askold-29»

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«Askold-29» is a galley boat and is supposed to be used as a pleasure craft for voyages on inland waterways. A Russian river craft of the 17th century called strug was the boat prototype. Such vessels used to be widely used inRussia to transport people and goods. The boat was used for military purposes as well.

«Askold-29» has a flat bottom hull. The boat’s bottom goes up at the head and at the stern. The boat has the flaring sides. The longitudinal framing is laminated and the transverse ribs are lopped. The bottom has caulked carvel planking. The shipboards have clinker plating fixed to the hull with copper rivets. The hull is equipped with transverse and longitudinal seats as well as with bottom boards. There is a deck at the forward end.

The boat is navigated with the help of the wooden hanged rudder with the tiller. The outboard motor is supposed to be set in a special trunk found in the stern section of the boat. The boat is equipped with eight single-banked oars. The boat has the sprit two-mastered rigging of 21 square meters. There is an option to equip the boat with the square rig containing a single-spar mast and a four-sided sail.

«Askold-29» is a shallow draft vessel and its 0.3 meters water draught allows its sailing on shallow waters. The beam is 2.4 meters which does not exceed the external dimensions so the boat can be transported by vehicles without pre approval.


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