It was an irregular type of vessel in traditional Greek ship-building of the 19^th century. It was mainly built on the island of Symi. Scafe was a ship of 15 meters length and 5 meters width. She had a great draught and a straight cutwater as long as the keel. Her sails were large, based on the “Sakoleva” type (a large square sail on her main diagonal yard). This specific model has a modification with a lateen sail (mizzen) on the main diagonal yard. In addition she has a second small mast with a triangular sail very close to the stern. She was built as a sponge-collecting ship and she could sail as far as the north coasts of Africa. She carried a crew of 7-8 men and among them the “naked divers” (no diving equipment) who dove with only a sponge in their mouth (to stop water entering) and a rock in their arms (shown on the model). The captain had the responsibility of following them (when they were in the deep) using the big rudder and the small stern sail (the “metzana”) only. The advent of the “diving suit” signaled the end of these boats.