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Category: Netherlands Tour 2014

Enkhuizen: herring town

August 22, 2018 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Working Sail

Enkhuizen has been a major harbour since the middle ages, and its links with herring fishing are still recognised today[…]

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Homeward bound: August 2014

August 31, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Sailing for Pleasure

Three weeks after the end of the Dutch anniversary ‘Cross Country Tour’ 2014, most of the fleet of over 60[…]

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Through Holland in the ‘Widgeon’, 1874

August 29, 2014 beverley yates Baltic, Canals, Rivers and Lakes, Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Sailing for Pleasure, Solent & English South Coast

The generous hospitality of the Dutch OGA to the Gaffers during the summer celebrations, 2014, reminds us of how much[…]

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The seaweed harvest of Wieringen

August 24, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Working Sail

Den Oever is the harbour of the Isle of Wieringen, an island dating back to the ice age, where debris[…]

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Englishman wins ‘Flying Dutchman’: 1962

August 20, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Sailing for Pleasure

This Pathé newsreel with Dutch commentary shows the 1962 ‘Flying Dutchman’ European Sailing Championships on the Ijsselmeer, won by an[…]

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Enkhuisen to Den Helder: 10 August, 2014

August 10, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014

As the forecast worsens, there’s concerns for smaller boats being unable to return if the fleet sails to Friesland as[…]

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Hoorn and Enkhuisen: 6 August, 2014

August 8, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014

Tuesday 5 August is declared ‘Ladies day’ with every OGA vessel commanded by a lady. The hot sunshine and light[…]

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Durgerdam and Edam: 4 August 2014

August 5, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014

The OGA fleet left Amsterdam for a short, leisurely passage to Durgerdam on Sunday 3 August. The historic Waterlandse Zeedijk[…]

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Sailing barges in Amsterdam, 1899

August 3, 2014 beverley yates Canals, Rivers and Lakes, Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Working Sail

Originating in the 17th century for defence as well as transport, the canals remain an important part of life in[…]

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OGA Heineken Rally, Holland: 1974

August 2, 2014 beverley yates Netherlands & Belgium, Netherlands Tour 2014, Sailing for Pleasure

As the OGA fleet spent time in Amsterdam during the OGA Netherlands Cross Country Tour, August 2014, the skipper of[…]

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