[Sidenote: III 57]
The “Bremerkahn” is a narrow “Ever”. Both have the square stern which
came to them from the South.
These last two boats have smooth hulls; formerly they were clinker
built. The “Kahn”, straighter and flatter than the “Ever”, has a less
sloping stem. They are fore and aft rigged and have often a small
additional mast at the stern. Their capacity is very much the same as
our “Hoys”.
The Hamburg “Ever” is 17 metres long; 6.40 m. beam and draws 0.70 m.
of water when empty and 1.50 m. when loaded. The dimensions of the
“Bremerkahn” are respectively: 15.50; 4.80; 0.70 and 1.50.
Save the Galliot and the Galeas, all the vessels belonging to group
II-B, are found all the way from Denmark along East Friesland,
Groningen, Friesland, North and South Holland, Zeeland, the West of
North Brabant, Flanders, the West of Utrecht and also a very small part
(West) of the Betuwe; in short, all along the coast and on our lower
tidal rivers.
So soon as the Meuse, the Waal and the Lek are reached, the character
changes. This applies also to the province of Overijssel and to a part
of Drenthe. The greater part of the province of Drenthe only became
accessible to navigation after the opening of the canals built in
the XIXth century. The southern part of this province formed early,
however, one with Overijssel, from the shipbuilding point of view, and
the types now in use were developed in both at the same time.