# Gajeta — The Larger Fishing and Cargo Boat

> The gajeta is the larger sister of the kaić — a 7-to-12-meter wooden working boat with a single mast carrying a lateen sail (triangular sail on a long yard), used historically for serious fishing, inter-island cargo runs, and family transport beyond the local channel. Decked or partially decked, capable of carrying multiple men and their nets for offshore fishing trips lasting days, the gajeta was the vessel that made commercial fishing possible from Krk's small ports. A handful of restored gajetas still sail Kvarner waters as heritage vessels, and the Punat shipyard preserves the construction tradition.

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The gajeta is the larger sister of the kaić — a 7-to-12-meter wooden working boat with a single mast carrying a lateen sail (triangular sail on a long yard), used historically for serious fishing, inter-island cargo runs, and family transport beyond the local channel. Decked or partially decked, capable of carrying multiple men and their nets for offshore fishing trips lasting days, the gajeta was the vessel that made commercial fishing possible from Krk's small ports. A handful of restored gajetas still sail Kvarner waters as heritage vessels, and the Punat shipyard preserves the construction tradition.

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