Details of an original 'kwak' in the city of Volendam, the Netherlands.
A Volendammer kwak is a wooden flat-bottomed ship, very similar to the better-known Zuiderzee botters, but a bit larger and with a different construction in a number of ways. When the IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, the kwak was used by the people for the kwakkuil fishery for shrimp. A funnel-shaped net was dragged along sailing downwind. The net opening was kept wide by fishing lines, which ran from the ends of two sideways protruding kwakbooms.
There are still 4 preserved: the VD172, the VD84, the VD5 and the VD17. These four ships can be found in the harbour of Volendam.
Let me start by introducing myself. I'm Frank from the Netherlands, currently sixty-eight years old and retired for over a decade already. This gives me plenty of time to spend on one of the most fascinating hobbies I have, photography. It combines really well with travelling, another.. Read more…