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[ColinB]

Does anyone know what the boom on the aft of a Krabbenkutter is for? I assumed a sail, but I can find no images of a sail being attached.

[JoJoElbe]

In earlier times, for a tiny sail, theses days more for sail with adds. But today it's usually equipped with more antennas, often Radar and additional lights, the main mast would be too full with all that.
The back sail can be used for stabilisation (against rolling) but most of them don't use it any more, or, as mentioned above for advertising.
In your case the back mast it's also used as exhaust.
J

[ColinB]

Many thanks Jo-jo 

[roycv]

Hi very nice to see the full size and there are 2 nice kits on the market for the Krabbenkutter. 
The Billing Mary Ann a fishing boat but also for net fishing uses the rear sail for keeping station when the nets are down.  What looks like a bouy with a long pole attached to the rigging is part of the fishing system.
In the Billing kits the Mary Ann and Krabbenkutter use identical hulls, the codes for printed wood sheets are the same.
regards
Roy

[ColinB]

My Graupner Krabbenkutter I made in the 1980s, just got her up and running again.

[chum444]

It was used to deploy a sail called a staysail, to assist keeping the bow of a smaller boat pointed into the wind thus reducing roll. This while hauling back; that is hauling the net back on board. Seldom seen nowadays, but very occasionally seen on inshore (smaller) lobster boats down Maine.

[ColinB]

Many thanks 

[chum444]

I was down Maine two weeks ago & saw many in shore lobster boats using staysails so not as rare as I  thought.