"SAKOLEVA"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another singular kind of sail is “Sakoleva”. It is a square sail commonly found in the Aegean Sea and in most of the East Mediterranean Sea ports. The original word “Sakolefea” as a type of sail is first encountered in Byzantine texts and was originally used to denote some kind of a cloak. Its main characteristic is a diagonal yard used to hold the ship’s main sail. Any vessel having this combination of square sail & diagonal yard is named as a “Sakoleva”. ...............

The specific mode is a "Tserniki" vessel  with "Sakoleva" sail state.

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Scale

Length

 Width

 Height

1:10

75cm

17 cm

53 cm