Coaster – Coaster

Coaster – Coaster

This relatively small coastal ship is now a Bootique hotel. She sailed until the late 1970s. In 2020, the ship was renovated and upgraded to a trio of luxury two-room Cabins.
Ideal – Rush Hour

Ideal – Rush Hour

This ship type is a “Spits” and was built in 1962 mainly for sailing to France. The ship is still active in commercial shipping and therefore cruising regularly. I was born and raised on board3rd generation skipper and hope to enjoy this life for a long...
Ivy – Schooneraak

Ivy – Schooneraak

Ivy was built in Elmshorn (northern Germany) as a schooner barge. About 100 of this ship type were reportedly made. With a flat surface (bottom) so you could use them to dry out on sandbars here and there along the coast; they would then sail on at the next tide....
Trust – Clipperaak

Trust – Clipperaak

The Vertrouwen was built in 1910 for the price of ƒ 4000.00 (€ 1815.00) and was intended for peat shipping from Drenthe across the Zuiderzee (IJsselmeer) to Holland. In the process, peat was transported both in the hold and on deck. In 1916 the ship was sold and the...
Jodocus – Overijsselian tjalk

Jodocus – Overijsselian tjalk

This tjalk was built by order of the first skipper Arend Kleine of Hoogeveen and launched in 1905. The ship carried all kinds of goods; from potatoes to manure, across canals and rivers, as well as the Wadden Sea and then Zuiderzee. In 1951 the ship was motorized with...
Eben haezer – Tjalk

Eben haezer – Tjalk

Every day we enjoy the view, the place and the history of this beautiful ship, a 1905 motorized Tjalk called the Eben Haezer, to which the owner has lost her heart.