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

Look up 'ketch' on Wikipedia. I think it has to do with how the sails are arranged. On Nov 18, 2010 10:37 AM, "Chris Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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