Panorama of La Habana, 1690, Amsterdam, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
This smaller 120 ton yacht sailed with the express purpose of 'cruising for prizes', which meant capturing ships that had cargo of value. The captured ships were also considered a prize if they were not too damaged in the process. Sailing with a crew of 37 meant that they had enough men to overwhelm a ship that had a smaller crew, and it was sailing together with another ship, the Kater. Together they would have made a dangerous encounter. This is an example of a voyage sponsored by the DWIC that would today have been considered something close to piracy.
Owner Charterer West India Company
Skipper Jan Renersz Swart
Crew of 37
Notes Sailed to the Caribbean with the ship Kater to cruise for prizes
v_047 Van den Hout, Julie. "Voyages of New Netherland." https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland
v_042_2 - The return trip departed from Havana, Cuba after July 26, 1627, and arrived in New Amsterdam August 29, 1627. It may have brought enslaved Africans to New Netherland from captured prize ship.
v_047_3 - The next leg of the trip took this ship from New Amsterdam on September 30, 1627 back to Texel arriving October 25, 1627 with the full complement of the crew of 37.