~A~) _For deep sea fishing._
The _Buys_ (bush) and the _Hoeker_ (howker), together with the
_Scholschuit_, the _Basanschuit_ and the _Zwartewaalsche Gaffelaar_
should be mentioned as old types of Dutch boats intended for deep sea
fishing.
The _Hoekerbuis_ and the _Kwee_ are descendants from the first two.
The “Sloep” (sloop), the “Logger” (Lugger) and the “Kotter” (cutter)
come to us from France. It is important also to mention in connection
with deep sea fishing the whale boats for which the _Noortsvaerders_
were formerly used; these latter belong to the type of the
“Fluitschepen” (flutes) already mentioned among the merchantmen.
The oldest vessel of the _Noortsvaerders_ class is the _Egmonder Pink_,
which gave birth to the _Bom_ and to the smaller _Garnalen Schuit_
(shrimp boat). These boats were so built that they could be grounded on
the beach. After the fishing port of Scheveningen was finished, there
appeared a new type of vessel descended from the “Logger” and the “Bom”
and known by the name of “Loggerbom” or sometimes “Lelybom”.
~B~) _Near shore and river fishing._
The great majority of fishing vessels is devoted to ordinary or near
shore fishing. The dimensions of these craft were formerly much smaller
than those of the vessels of the preceding group (at the present time,
aside from the “Garnaalschuitjes”, some are built even larger). Their
names are innumerable and so different that they give no idea either of
their form or kind.
The fundamental types of the group include:
_a_) The _Schokkers_, built on the model of the ordinary “Schokkers”.
To them also belong the “Wierschuitje”, the “Steeckschuit”, the
“Henget” and the “Hoogaars”.
The “Akes”, which are met with in most of the types of boats (the
“Aaktjalk”, for example) are also found, under the name of _Tholensche
Schouwen_, in the class of vessels considered.
These craft are much like the _Beyerlandsche Schuitjes_ and form, in a
way, a sort of transition to the _Vischboeicraakjes_.
_b_) The _Botters_ as well as the _Vollendammer Kwakken_, the _Ronsen_,
the _Pluten_ and the _Platjes van Maassluis_.