The bends of the Yacht show a great deal of sheer with a straight element at the middle. The Yacht has a “draai-over-boord” with a slightly raised deck at the stern. THE BOEIERSCHUIT. [Sidenote: III 46] The _Boeierschuit_ belongs to the family of the “Boeiers” or “Kromstevens” above mentioned, but it is smaller and also somewhat like the ordinary “Schuiten”, whence comes probably the name of “Boeierschuiten” given to these vessels. The stern carries a “draai-over-boord”, often with a poop deck. The Boeierschuiten have one characteristic and that is a sort of cockpit where the helmsman stands in order to handle easily the tiller. This cockpit is often met with among the _Boeieraken_. The “Boeierschuiten” are found in South Holland, Zeeland and Flanders. Shipbuilding was also early developed in Flanders. Let us mention only ancient Damme and Antwerp, and we shall not be surprised that the types of vessels found there resembled those of our country. Let us mention, in the first place, among them, The _Pleiten_ and the _Otterschepen_ which are also to be found in the North-West of Northern Brabant. THE PLEIT. [Sidenote: III 51] The “Pleit” is a very old boat, often spoken of in history. It was seen trading with England. It had about the same capacity as our “hoy”, of which it had the shape except that the length was proportionally a little greater as compared with the breadth. Hence this vessel appeared longer than the “hoy”. Its lines also were graceful. Its dimensions were: length, 23 to 27 metres; breadth, 4.80 m. to 5.00 m.; maximum draught of water, 1.90 m., capacity from 125 to 180 tons. These vessels are now built larger; their length reaches 35 m.; their beam, 5.00 m.; their draught 0.40 m. light and 2.00 m. loaded; they carry 270 tons. These boats are wrongly called _Bélandres Hollandais_ in Belgium, from the newer inland boats called “bélandres” of which more will be said later. These latter have no affinity with the “Pleit.” (See ~Dehem~, _Annales des Travaux Publics_, August 1901, p. 508). The “Pleit” has a “statie”. It is curious to observe that the “Pleiten” of to-day are rigged very lightly considering their length. Formerly they had two masts. THE OTTER. [Sidenote: II 253] [Sidenote: III 52] The _Otter_ a small, narrowed “Pleit”, from 16 to 30 metres long (see ~Dehem~, p. 507); 4 metres beam; draught of water loaded from 1.70 m. to 2.20 m.; generally, 1.80 m. Its capacity varied from 70 to 180 tons. The “Otter” had a “statie” and carried the ordinary fore and aft rig mast, and a small jigger mast set in the “statie” often completed the outfit. “Schuiten” which correspond to the Dutch “Schuiten” are still met with on the Scheldt alongside of the “Pleiten” and the “Otter”. This type of vessels is just as different from the “Otter” as our “Schuit” is from the “Hoy”. ~Dehem~ is, therefore, mistaken when he says, in his work mentioned above (p. 507): “The Schuit is an ‹Otter› of smaller size....”