Tjotter

A tjotter is the smallest of the open round Fries sailing ships with a length on the stern not exceeding 5.4 metres (17 ft 9 in).

The head of the rudder is usually decorated with a sculpture, sometimes in the form of a bird.

Originally, the tjotter was used in Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands, for small-scale transport of goods and people at a time when there were few roads.

At the wharf of Pier Piersma, fjouwer-yachts are still commonly built.

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