Dear Chris, I consulted my trusty "Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal" (van Dale). They list the word under the entry "kaag". It comes from the Old Norse word "kaggi" and refers to a flat-bottomed boat: "platboomd, binnenlands vaartuig met zwaarden, een enkele schuine mast en een halve boegspriet; het voerde een sprietzeil en een of twee fokken, en diende o.a. als lichter." Related is a "kaagman" or a "kaagschipper" = iem. die met een kaag vaart. Dorothy >Hello > > > >Is any one familiar with dutch boats or ships from the seventeenth century? >I'm looking for information on a caegschuyt (caechschuyt, kaechschuyt), > what exactly was it? I've seen reference to their operators being called >cagenaer\kagenaer or caechskippers. I found a definition for Schuyt as a >flat bottomed vessel so would like any detail about what it was used for. >Was it for fishing in the shallow waters or was it used as a barge for >ferrying cargo? I find vessel mentioned at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland in the >1600's. > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Chris > >-- >Chris Brooks >Kansas City, Missouri >816-363-1831 > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message