Since the end of the XIXth century, the “Botters” have been built bigger and more bluff, the result being the _Blazer_ type, of which the curved stem falls in less and of which the stern is fuller than that of the “Botter”. This kind of boat is used for fishing in the North Sea and is found all along our shores. [Sidenote: III 124] “Blazers” are now built with a “Boeier” stern, giving a mixed type: the _Blazerboeier_. This boat, by reason of its great stability, will soon take the place of the “Schokkers” and the “Botters”. THE “LEMMERAAK”. [Sidenote: III 128] “Akes” are more and more used for fishing in the Zuyderzee. These vessels come from Friesland where they are called _Lemmeraak_ or “Lemmerjacht”. [Sidenote: III 129] They are passably short but robust and bluff, thoroughly suited for running in shallow water. THE “BOLLE” AND THE “KNOTS”. [Sidenote: III 129] [Sidenote: III 135] The preceding type of boat is found at Urk under the name of _Bolle van Urk_, or else of “Bolletje van Urk”. It is derived from the “smack” group. It is curious to note that boats of the same kind have long frequented the port of Antwerp under the name of _Knots van Antwerpen_. (“Knots of Antwerp”). THE “JOL” At Stavoren, there still exists the _Stavorensche Jol_ (Stavoren Yawl), a small, short, bluff boat with a keel; it is exceedingly steady on the water. It is also met with now at Enkhuizen and at Medenblik. It is a clinker built boat (sometimes carvel built at the present time) which is often compared to a “sabot” on account of its rounded forms. It carries a fish tank and, as it has a keel, the lee boards are lacking. It is spritsail rigged, and its tonnage is from 4 to 6 tons. At the Helder, at Enkhuizen and at Medenblik a great deal of use is made of flats, of which the length may be as much as 10 metres. The stern has a sternframe; the quite long bow, on the contrary, rises high with a slight rake. The vessel is clinker built and carries two bilge keels and a bit of a false keel at the after end of the main keel. It gauges generally from 2 to 5 tons. As a rule, the tonnage of the “Botters” and “Schokkers” varies from 20 to 30 tons. The smaller types met with at Huizen run from 16 to 20 tons, and at Harderwijck and Elburg, from 13 to 18 tons. The variations between the fundamental groups may be attributed to the different ideas of builders, just as there are differences in the costumes of various countries. But the difference between the types of a same group is, on the contrary, the result of the use made of the boat and hence of the fishing apparatus employed on board. In order to make this more easily understood, it will be well to give a short description of the fishing apparatus used on the Zuiderzee, this description being taken from the report published by the _Zuiderzeevereeniging_ (1905, pp. 35 _et seq_), as well from the annual reports on deep sea fishing.