[Sidenote: III 121]
[Sidenote: III 127]
[Sidenote: II 200]
[Sidenote: II 123]
Instead of types with a straight stem, there are types now to be found,
to the West of the Zuiderzee and the island of Urk, which have a curved
stem. They bear a large number of names by reason of slight differences
among themselves, but they all belong to the same family, that of the
_Botters_, of which the old “Tochtschuiten” and “Kubbooten” were the
forerunners. Aside from the stem, every thing that has been said in
regard to the “Schokkers” is applicable here. They are met with at Urk
and along the North Holland shore of the Zuiderzee, South of Medemblik,
as well as in the provinces of Utrecht and of Gelderland as far as
Harderwijk. Their names vary.
[Sidenote: III 126]
[Sidenote: III 122]
The oldest form is the “Kubboot”, which is met with under the names of
“Vollendammer Kwakken”, “Bonse”, “Plüte”, and at Maassluis under that
of “Platje van Maassluis”.