Plattenschiff

17:16 Nov 10, 2015 

the direct one, I guess. I think they may have mixed something up here, since they were talking about Plattenschiff, instead of Plattschiff (see also http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/call_wbgui_py_from_form?sigle=... ).

In any case, it's flat at the bottom, that was the important thing here, IMO.

15:24 Nov 10, 2015 

I did agree to your version, so I would stick with the obvious too. I simply added some references to support your answer. The Dutch call their boat a "flat-bottomed sailing boat" in English.

You just said earlier you couldn't imagine the boat that I linked sailing on a river and I just answered that part. How it looks exactly, I don't know either. Pictures are always helpful. Some clients just have the tendency to send you text without the pictures :-/

15:15 Nov 10, 2015 

but without a photo, it's best to stick to the obvious, don't you think? If it were a three-masted ship, I imagine they would say so, as there's an ocean of marketing value in it.

15:02 Nov 10, 2015 

Thank you, thought so.

Regarding your question about the boat being on a river: Remember that the IJsselmeer is actually a lake and is between 2-7m deep only (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsselmeer). If the ship can sail in these shallow waters, it surely can sail on a river.

14:56 Nov 10, 2015 

too small, it's a racing boat, which may be thrilling for some, but hardly a family outing.

14:54 Nov 10, 2015 

There is also the "sharpie": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpie_(boat)

But it's too small, isn't it?

14:52 Nov 10, 2015 

I know, it was a bit puzzling I said, but they sail on the Ijsselmeer with Plattbodenschiffen, as you suggested: http://www.hollandsail.de/

The Zuiderzon is one of those ships, see here, they even call it Plattbodenschiff:
http://www.plattbodenschiff.com/lelystad/zuiderzorn.html

14:49 Nov 10, 2015 

that's a three-masted bark/barque. I spent a week on one with my school kids a few years back. I can't imagine it on a river, though. We sailed over the Baltic Sea.

14:47 Nov 10, 2015 

I know it's from a Dutch page, but they should know what they want to convey here.

http://www.sailcharterfriesland.nl/english/content/sailing_o...

14:40 Nov 10, 2015 

Found an indirect route to a reference, which leaves me a bit puzzled, though.

"So konnte gleich zu Beginn mit dem Plattenschiff 'Zuiderzon' das Ijsselmeer durchquert und bis zur Wattenmeerinsel Terschelling gesegelt werden."
http://www.sebastian-nienberge.de/aktuelles/archiv/oktober20...

This is the one they're talking about:
http://www.zoover.de/zuiderzon/kreuzfahrtschiff

14:04 Nov 10, 2015 

http://www.landreise.de/expose/groebnerhof-12870/
Advertisement by a farm (welcome to holidays on our farm); the people who wrote this probably never spent a minute on the river Drau.

13:52 Nov 10, 2015 

Mal was anderes - unsere Plattenschifffahrt. Die Drau wurde früher als Wasserstraße genutzt, um verschiedene Sachen zu transportieren. Heute kann man eine Drauschifffahrt von Oberdrauburg - Berg - Greifenburg - Radlacher Brücke (ca. 20 km) machen.

13:48 Nov 10, 2015 

Please provide more context.
You probably mean "Plattschiff" or "Plattbodenschiff".
By the way: the German word for the river "Drava" is Drau".

13:45 Nov 10, 2015 

This, perhaps? https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plattbodenschiff