Billings B712 Boeierc
B712
One of the greatest Boeier builders, Eeltje Holtrop van der Zee from Friesland, built a Boeier in the town of Joure in 1886. The ship was built for a Mr. A.E. Jürjens and was given the name "Sperwer". The vessel was intended as a "Pleziervaartuig", in other words as a pleasure yacht. This type of ship was originally also used for coastal navigation. The newspaper "Hamburger Kronikken" from 1525 gives an account of an unbelievable adventure, in which Mr. Herman Evers had sailed with a Boeier with smack sails to England in Easter that year.
