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14/05/2019

Good Luck Samuel & team with your TP52!!

Zer°emission – Race against sea pollution by Noora May 14, 2019 News 0 comments press release 05/14/2019 A love of the sea is at the heart of what we do. Sailors live from and for the sea. Our vulnerability to the natural elements is total. But one of the things we’re suffering the most from is...

15/09/2011

First Sail Endeavour After Royal Huisman Refit. Marsdiep (North Sea between Den Helder and Texel) 1989. My little Kodak camera captured the moment...

14/09/2011

Inside it was quite minimal, but not too uncomfortable...

12/09/2011

Once My Home, 80-ties...

09/09/2011

The Cook handing the plates with traditional dutch food down the hatch to the engine room... Fuel for the hungry... That thing is a HEMA sausage.

08/09/2011

Canal Cruise first, then Dinner in the former engine room of the tugboat...

05/09/2011

Not all about technique. Bottom photo a smiling Ton de Bruijn. Just got the invitation to celebrate his 65th...

03/09/2011

Mid to late 80-ties the IOR sailors that raced from Scheveningen / The Hague in the winter would have rowing championships organised by me in front of the tugboat that once was my humble home.
The impressive building on the background was a naval training school in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
You see this was a sponsored event by an international brand.

02/09/2011

Not such a good photo, but specially for Willem...

26/08/2011

Bottom Photo, me pushing the 40 ton steel barge through another windless spot. Skipper speaking encouraging words I guess...

By the way this was a close to 3 day non-stop race, only 3 guys on the barge. Workum to Warmond and back over the IJsselmeer, Amsterdam canals, Haarlem, Ringvaart, Kaag and back. Did not sleep a lot.

25/08/2011

The guy pushing the barge called Nieuwe Zorg forward with the long pole on the bottom right small photo is actually me. Is less fast than pulling on the rope, but when in wider waters there is no other option...

24/08/2011

Page 2. These boats are between 35 and 70 tons and we are pulling them in the traditional way when conditions are not favorable for sailing. A rich skipper would hire a horse, but quite often it was his wife and the mate pulling.