Many combinations have also been made in this class of vessels; they have given birth amongst others to the “Koftjalks”, the “Praamaaks” and the “Aaktjalks”. The Tenders (“Boeiers”) should also be mentioned, but these vessels had scarce any resemblance to the old “Kromstevens”.
Finally, let the “Kraken” be again mentioned, from which all characteristics common to the Spanish caracks had disappeared. They were very strong hoys with quite straight lines, which gave them less sheer.
III.
FERRIES.
The ferries properly so-called included the Pontoons, among which may be mentioned: the Gierpont, the Kabelveerpont, the Jaagpont (for ferrying horses), the Halve Pont (pontoon using a sail); the Pijper (small pontoon) and the Overhaalpontje (skiff).
Other kinds of boats were used as ferries, such as the Veerhengsten, which belonged to the family of the “Hoogaarsen” (see fishing boats), the hoys, the “Schuiten” and the “Poonen”, all of them types of vessels already met in what precedes.
IV.
BOATS FOR VARIOUS USES BUT NOT BELONGING TO THE PRECEDING GROUPS.
It is needless to say that the groups of boats I, II, III specified above include also a large number of small craft, intended for local use, which all come down from the same fundamental group; their destination only varies.
Among the more important of these are the “Bokken” found as much in Holland[20] as in Frisia. To this family also belong the Groningeraardappelpramen (prams used in Groningen for carrying potatoes), the Frisian Snikken, with a raking stem and similar in this respect to the Haarlemmermeerplompertjes (small boats on Haarlem Lake).
When the sternpost has a good deal of a rake the boat is called a Westlander and when vessels of this class have a strake less, like the dredging boats of the Hague, they form the “Bokken”, which must not be confounded with those which have been already mentioned.
Near Vollenhove, to the north of Overijssel, there is still to be met a well known small boat, the Punter, descended probably from the Haaringschuitje (a small boat used for the herring fishery) of the Zuiderzee. The Groenteschuitje from Hoorn (for transporting vegetables) is exactly like it. These vessels are narrow and have a great deal of rake in the stem and the sternpost.