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pollacra

English translation: polacre

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Catalan term or phrase:pollacra
English translation:polacre
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

19:05 Apr 29, 2004
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Catalan term or phrase: pollacra
A list of types of vessels built in Lloret de Mar in the 1800s.
Martin Perazzo
Spain
Local time: 20:14
polacre
Explanation:
I think this may be it. It seems quite a useful glossary in any case.

Good luck!


Sheila



Polacra. Sailing ship with a hull very similar to the Jabeque, having two pole masts, without either top masts nor crosstrees, and with the same sails as the bergantines, although with the advantage over these of having the upper sails at a lower height thus helping to protect the lower sails and and making them easier to furl. Some Goletas have a main mast, and they are called Polacras-Goletas. Some Polacras have three masts. The English term is "Polacre. " See also Bergantin-Polacra

http://shipwreck.net/glossary.html#P

USS Constitution Museum - FAQs - Engagements and Prizes
... 1804 September 11, -----, Ottoman polacre, (a ship or brig particular to the
Mediterranean). 1804 September 11, -----, Ottoman polacre, blockade runner. ...
www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/faq/engage.html - 27k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines similars


William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, P, page 971
... POLACRE. POLACRE, a ship with three masts, usually navigated in the
Levant, and other parts of the Mediterranean. These vessels are ...
southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0971.html - 7k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines similars
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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 20:14
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3polacre
Sheila Hardie
4schooner
swisstell


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
schooner


Explanation:
a 2-masted sailing ship, the way I know it but
I also found the following confirmation in Google:
nau de dos arbres de dues peces encreuades

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 20:14
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: Yes, a schooner is a ship with two or more masts, but what's a polacra?
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
polacre


Explanation:
I think this may be it. It seems quite a useful glossary in any case.

Good luck!


Sheila



Polacra. Sailing ship with a hull very similar to the Jabeque, having two pole masts, without either top masts nor crosstrees, and with the same sails as the bergantines, although with the advantage over these of having the upper sails at a lower height thus helping to protect the lower sails and and making them easier to furl. Some Goletas have a main mast, and they are called Polacras-Goletas. Some Polacras have three masts. The English term is "Polacre. " See also Bergantin-Polacra

http://shipwreck.net/glossary.html#P

USS Constitution Museum - FAQs - Engagements and Prizes
... 1804 September 11, -----, Ottoman polacre, (a ship or brig particular to the
Mediterranean). 1804 September 11, -----, Ottoman polacre, blockade runner. ...
www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/faq/engage.html - 27k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines similars


William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, P, page 971
... POLACRE. POLACRE, a ship with three masts, usually navigated in the
Levant, and other parts of the Mediterranean. These vessels are ...
southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0971.html - 7k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines similars

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 20:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Fine references.
4 hrs
  -> thanks, Kim:-)
agree  Berni Armstrong: From what we have seen of this text so far, it would seem that they prefer the exact term, so I would use that here. Although if this was for a more general readership, schooner would be fine.
12 hrs
  -> thanks, Berni:-)
agree  Carl MacGabhann: Yes, also known as a "polacca", and "polacra" according to Websters
1 day 13 hrs
  -> thanks, Carl:-)
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