pasara and bracer, miniature sailing ship

PASARA & BRACERA, two miniature sailing ship with walnut shell hull
product: miniature boat 
making:100% handmade
material: half walnut shell (shell), nature wood, thread 
wooden base : 13x10cm 
glass lid: 11x9x7,20cm  
​possibility: combination of miniatures as desired
use: Croatian souvenir / gift product 
origin: Croatian product
Code: 642-1



PASARA  (Krk) is a fishing boat about 3-6m in lenght. It has two oars. It has a pointed-shape bow, a transom sterm and a rounded hull. Smaller pasara (kaić) up to 4,8m in lenght were undecked and served as auxillary boats. Larger pasara are 1/3 decked and have a lugsail (or lateen sail)and a bowsprit with stock.

BRACERA  sailing ship must have orginated on the island of Brač and it was often called bračera which was widely used in the eastern Adriatic.Bracera was must frequenrly used as a small coastal sailing vessel in the 19th and 20th centuries.Foore and aft were sharp. The stem was raised and curved and the sternpast raked forward. Her average lenght was 7-12 m,widht 3-4 m, her sides were 1,5 - 2 m, and when fully loaded , her draft was rarely over a metre.