- Groningen (1509)
Groningen (1509) - Nijmegen, Gelderland (dated 1544)
Nijmegen, Gelderland (dated 1544) - A 16th-Century Dutch Boat
It was on boats of this type that the jib seems first to have been used. To-day in Holland one sees a similar boat, called a schuyl, which is almost identical with this, except that it utilizes a curved gaff at the top of the mainsail.