[Sidenote: III 26]
[Sidenote: III 29]
The “Tjalk” or “hoy” properly so called, is a native of Friesland
and of the province of Groningen. Its capacity varies between 30 and
80 tons, but sea-going hoys, measuring up to 200 tons, are built,
however, in the province of Groningen. The essential difference
between a Groningen and a Friesland hoy is this: the former has a
“draai-over-boord” and the second a “statie”. The Friesland vessel is
sometimes called “Friesche Praam” if its lines be a little more nearly
straight. (~Le Comte~, p. 17).
Furthermore, the stem of the Frisian hoy has a greater rake. Like our
inland boats, the “Tjalken” were rigged formerly with sprit sails
which, during the XIXth century, were replaced nearly everywhere by the
ordinary fore and aft rig. They generally carry a single mast, but some
large “hoys” have, at times, a second small mast on the “statie”.