. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. F and spar. The smallsailing-boat in the foreground has dropped her stay-sail, in readiness for coming to her anchorage or enteringa lock. That, at least, is what seems likely, and thecanvas seen in the bows of the boat would be thelowered staysail. But it is also possible that this is oneof those small fishing-craft such as one comes across inHollands Deep, one of those broad tidal estuarieswhich lead inland from the North Sea. These are openboats, and are rigged with spritsail
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. F and spar. The smallsailing-boat in the foreground has dropped her stay-sail, in readiness for coming to her anchorage or enteringa lock. That, at least, is what seems likely, and thecanvas seen in the bows of the boat would be thelowered staysail. But it is also possible that this is oneof those small fishing-craft such as one comes across inHollands Deep, one of those broad tidal estuarieswhich lead inland from the North Sea. These are openboats, and are rigged with spritsail just as this, but havea curved canvas tent placed forward so that the fisher-man while at anchor may turn in and sleep. And ifthis is the kind of craft which Van der Velde wishes usto see, then that arrangement forward is not the loweredstaysail but the canvas forecastle. It is impossible tosay for which it is meant, but it is significant that insuch quiet little havens as Willemstadt and Strijensasjust such boats as this, measuring perhaps sixteen feetin length, are to be seen, or anchored out of the fairway,. FORE-AND-AFT RIG IN HOLLAND 105 pursuing their calling with canvas hood, spritsail, andeverything exactly as in this picture. In the striking line-drawing (Fig. 21) we have agood opportunity of remarking the lines of an AdmiraltyDutch yacht. This has been drawn from the model inthe Rijks Museum, and shows a somewhat later type,as would be in use about the end of the eighteenthcentury. The bows of the ship are exceedingly similarto those of the war-ships of that time, with figureheadand high poop. She has a nice sheer which comes upto the typical high stern, with its rich carvings and theconventional Neptune. Copying the big ships also, itwill be observed that a balcony has been extended fromthe quarter, which was fitted with glass windows. Thisyacht is very straight on the keel, as was the practice,and her bulwarks have been pierced for six guns does not nece
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