Assorted Dutch Craft 2

Janga Bork is NOT a Dutch fishing vessel, although the unusual (?) hull brings it to the top of this post.  The “L” prefix on the hull identifies it as Danish.

By the way, the aggressive newish spell checker always tries to change my preferred spelling of “sixth boro” to “sixth bork.”  You may have seen some “typos” I missed.  I’m very happy to learn that Bork is in fact the name of lovely Danish seaside town that I must visit one of these years.

For (slightly dated) info on Dutch society and fish, click here.  For a thought-provoking op-ed piece by Paul Greenberg on the plight of US fishing industry, click here.   The “UK” on the trawler below, Sursum Cordo, identifies it as registered in Urk.   Fishing vessels from all over –see Stellendam below–bring their catch to Ijmuiden, just outside Amsterdam.

Huge trawlers like Cornelis Vrolijk‘s  Carolien  . . . of Scheveningen–operate out of here as well.

Here’s sister ship Scombrus.

Smaller trawlers Seagull and Flamingo are sculptural.

The “Z” on Flamingo stands for Zeebruge in Belgium.

In a Den Helder drydock, it’s Grietje Hendrika by the top sign and St. Antonius (Belgian) in raised metal letters below.

No surprise Dr. Maarten Luther is German.

In the town of Haarlem, the fish merchant is one of the more recently built buildings.

In the same square, this take on “blind justice” is a refreshing leap backwards.

Noord Hinder lightship  . . . just over a half century old . . . reminds me of this lightship lost in the South American jungle.

Another restored Dutch steam vessel Hydrograaf  has a name that reveals the mission for which it was launched over a century ago.

I have more, but for now . . .  as the Dutch say . . . Stop.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

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Whatzit?  Answer can be found at the end of this post.

Here a huge–by sixth boro standards–bulk carrier Percival offloads coal at the Tata steel works near the salty end of the Nordzee Canal.

Here Russian drillship Bavenit makes its way to sea through the Nordzee Canal.

This is diveship Nehalennia, which takes sport divers out helmet diving off the Dutch coast.

This has to be the most unlikely repurposing of an old ferry:  overflow parking for bicycles just north of the main train station in Amsterdam.

Here’s the main parking on the south side of the same station!!

Here are a few vessels of Acta Marine at their yard in Den Helder.  They specialize in workboats for shallow waters.  L to R, Coastal Surveyor 2, Jutter, and Coastal Explorer.

This has to be the only vessel of this design  . . . with leeboards!  I know nothing more about it.

In Zaandam, translation of boat name is “flyer.”

Other than that Zuiderzee is a government vessel with a crane, I can say much else.

 

A 905 Blommendal is awaiting conversion into a super yacht.  Can this transformation really happen?

Here’s a more bucolic Zaandam sight, two windmills  . . . one decapitated.

The intact capped and spinning one, was sawing logs!

And to bring this installment to a close, the first photo here was NEMO, an Amsterdam science center.

All photos by Will Van Dorp . . .  who feels like he’s hopping between continents.

Assorted Dutch Craft 1

I’m not sure the following two boats are Kvichak built.  Three previous ones were.  Here was a post of those US-built Dutch pilot boats I had here a few years back;  check out the uniforms of the crew!

 

Unlike in the US, the Dutch lifeboat or life saving organization is NOT part of the Coast Guard.  In fact, it’s a volunteer group with really impressive vessels.   Click here for more info on KNRM, that group.

The next two photos were taken outside the KNRM museum in Den Helder.

North Sea petroleum vessels lie here near the Amsterdam/Zaandam border.

Finally, an unidentified antique tug collects race buoys on the IJsselmeer just south of Hoorn, a ZuiderZee port that served as center of the VOC during the “golden age” of Holland.

All photos taken by Will Van Dorp, who hopes to get back to Coney Island this weekend for the m e r m a i d s.