Bodstedt

Marina near Fuhlendorf

Last edited 19.01.2023 at 13:49 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

54° 22’ 23.1” N

Longitude

12° 37’ 14.5” E

Description

Harbour in the south of the Bodstedter Bodden, known for the traditional Zeesboote.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach is only recommended during the day. From the fairway to Ribnitz you branch off at buoy 46 to Bodstedt and steer with 143° to the harbour. In the approach, shallow draughts are to be expected (see NV.Aktuell).

Berths

Bodstedt offers sufficient space for guest berths. On the east side of the harbour there is a jetty for passenger ships. The water depth is 1.8 - 2.5m.

Guests should use free places in the front part of the harbour basin (2.5m water depth). The east quay at the rear and the small basin immediately to the west of the harbour entrance serve as moorings for local zee boats and dinghy cruisers.

Surroundings

Sanitary facilities are available in the harbour area. Limited supplies are available in the nearby village. A restaurant is located opposite the harbour entrance. Every year in September the traditional Zeesbootregatta starts here. Excursions to the nearby village and the beautiful surroundings are worthwhile.

NV Land Guide

The annual Zeesbootregatta in September is the outstanding event in Bodstedt. When the brown sails are set on the old-timers of the sailing fishery, hundreds of spectators gather to watch the spectacle. The expert audience knows the names of the ships, knows what a devil's claw, a maiden or a gaff claw in rigging and rigging is all about. The sworn community of the Zeesbootsegler is small, because only 55 boats count the whole fleet of the mostly aged wooden boats between Wismar and Ückermünde. The oldest boat, the "Old Lady", was launched in Stralsund in 1876. Nobody thought of leisure sailing at that time. The Zeesboote were working boats, which got their name from the Zeese, the trawl net, which they pulled behind them. Because of its shape, it was also called a monk's sack.

Whoever wants to get to the bottom of the origins of these boats has to leaf far back in the history book. The beginnings of boat construction can be traced far before the millennium. The resemblance to Slavic boats was rather a distant one and the development a gradual one. The direct predecessor of the Zeesboat was the Zeeskahn. With a width of 7 m, a length of 22 m and a draught of 1 m it is documented since 1524. The wide, flat and very strongly built fishing barges with two masts drove a Luggertakelage with yards of 7m length. Fishing was done with the sails set and the centreboard up. The barge drifted crosswind for up to five hours, dragging the ten-metre-long net bag behind it. This fancy fishing principle was continued with the Zeesboote. This type of fishing was common on very few waters in the world. Today it is said to be still practiced off Korea.

There were once more than 100 Zees barges, which did not limit their fishing to the Haff and Bodden. Especially for the Bodden they proved to be too unwieldy and cumbersome in the long run, so that around 1900 only about 40 of the Zeeskähne still existed. The others had already made room for the lighter Zeesboot, which also had a draught of one metre, but with a width of 3m and a length of 10m was much easier to handle.

Around 1850, the first of these new fishing boats were built, which carried 100 m² of cloth under full sail, thus offering a sailing challenge to many a modern boat, despite their higher weight. The long outrigger booms fore and aft were characteristic of the old-timer so popular today, whereby the jib boom and the aft long boom could be up to 4 metres long. Alongside these, the tuck trees were extended, at the bow and stern each around seven metres long. The owners of the old fishing boats appreciated above all the elegant shape, which was the result of a jump of about 50 centimetres with an average board length of about eleven metres. The low freeboard, the drift trees, the up to eleven metre high mainmast with gaff and gaff topsail and the on average 6.50 metre high bullmast with the old lugger rigging contribute to the fact that the Zeesboot makes a very pleasing impression, especially under sail. The front cabin and the covered stern do take away some of the Zeesboot's elegance, but for die-hard enthusiasts of these boats they are an indispensable part of a "real" oldtimer of this class. Criticism is levelled at those who have a continuous cabin superstructure built onto the hull. In the original superstructure, the two decks are connected by a passageway about 80 cm wide on both sides. Strong bulkheads demarcate the fish hold in the middle, which is no longer needed today, to the front and aft. And because so much emphasis is placed on keeping the ships as original as possible, there are prizes in Bodstedt not only for the fastest sailors, but also for those who maintain their vessels strictly according to the rules of Zeesboot tradition.

Most of the Zeesboats are based in Bodstedt and Wustrow, but the sturdily built old-timers can also be seen in Pruchte. The rest are spread all over the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Their names, often in Low German, are based on old models and are: "Borsgrieper", "Störtebeker", "Rümdriewer", "Unkel Bräsig", "Hol dörch". There are only a few newbuildings. Rebuilding the ships according to the old rift is an expensive pleasure and the maintenance of the boats is a labour-intensive affair.

When the visitors of the Zeesbootregatta have departed again, Bodstedt is a quiet, contemplative place. Tourism is kept within limits and the close road at the harbour of the small village disturbs only a little. The beautiful club house of the sailors stands out just as pleasantly in the lovingly designed grounds as a thatched boathouse. At the harbour a restaurant and the fish sale of the local fisherman offer the crew the possibility to refresh themselves. Nearby is a small bathing beach.

By bike, trips through the Barther Stadtholz, south of the harbour, are recommended. The forest is crisscrossed by numerous cycling and hiking trails. In addition, the Meiningen Bridge and the harbour of Pruchten (5 km to the northeast) offer themselves as excursion destinations.

Marina Information

Contact

Phone +49 38231 4414
Website https://www.fischland-darss-zingst.de

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Restaurant

Grocery

Public Transport

Garbage

Sewage

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