[Sidenote: II 191]
[Sidenote: II 194]
The “Boeier” belongs to an isolated type of boats carrying on their
traffic especially with Rouen. It was a flat-bottomed vessel with keel
and lee-boards, as it frequented shallow rivers as much as the sea. The
lee-boards reached two feet below the keel. The stem was much curved,
whence their name of “Kromsteven”.
Judging by the old engravings, the boats of this class had a very high
“statie”, which recalls rather the construction of the Mediterranean
than that of Holland. Besides, the “Boyer” is not a purely Dutch type,
and it is probably descended from a Mediterranean type, modified to
suit the needs of our country.
Boeiers were built at Rotterdam as “draai-over-boord” with doubtless a
raised deck astern, for ~Witsen~ says that they had a small lodgment
under the rudder (p. 164.) This author speaks wrongly of a “boeier”
or of a “galliot”, for this latter is an entirely different kind of
vessel. The “boeiers” were about 86 feet long, 20 feet beam and 9½
feet depth of hold.
THE HOEKER (_hoy_).
[Sidenote: II 227]
[Sidenote: II 228]
[Sidenote: II 230]
[Sidenote: III 21]
The “Hoeker” (hoy), originally a fishing boat, was already a great deal
used toward the middle of XVIIth century, as a merchant ship with one,
two or three masts. It was a sea-going vessel, built very solidly, and
later equipped for the East Indies, in spite of its relatively small
size. It was 80 feet long. The large hoys had a cabin on deck.
THE BUIS (_Bush_).
[Sidenote: II 221]
[Sidenote: III 113]
The “Buis” (bush) was also used as a merchant vessel, which sometimes
carried three masts, although originally it was only a fishing boat.
The “hoy” and the “bush” will be spoken of again among the fishing
vessels. It will be superfluous to say that neither “boeiers”, “hoys”
nor “bushes” carried a beakhead.
There should be mentioned also the following three types of vessels
which are descendants of those which precede: