Periauger

A Periauger or Perogue /pɪˈroʊg, ˈpiroʊg/ is a shallow draft, often flat bottomed two masted sailing vessel often without a bowsprit, which also carried oars for rowing. Periaugers of varying sizes and designs saw extensive use in the inland waterways of the eastern seaboard of the United States during the 18th to early 19th century. The periauger was the type of sailing vessel used by Cornelius Vanderbilt to ply the waters of New York Harbor between Staten Island and lower Manhattan when he began his ferry service. Periaugers were the vessel of choice in the Hudson River and used as ferries, and for shipping goods to and from the harbor of New York and the towns along the river until the first third of the 19th century when, replaced by steam, they all but vanished. The Dutch designs, as opposed to the Southern dugout designs, were usually lapstrake construction often using leeboards in leu of a keel.