Netherlands & Belgium – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Harwich Harbour, past and present: 1726 & 2011

In this extract, we return to the 18th century to find Daniel Defoe’s description of the port of Harwich and[…]

What would travellers from the days of sail make of Harwich Harbour in the 21st century? Daniel Defoe takes to[…]

View a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]

Daniel Defoe describes the fishing fair and other trading activity in Yarmouth, during his travels in Norfolk. He is most[…]

View this British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes, with commentary in Dutch. Created at the[…]

Fritz van der Mark shares his research into the demise of a Dutch botter, which ended her days on the[…]

We bring the second part of Fritz van der Mark’s research into the demise of a Dutch botter. The article[…]

The Coxswain and crew of the RNLI lifeboat ‘Lady Leigh’, ably assisted by the ‘rocket apparatus’ of the Coastguards, spent[…]

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

When undertaking the OGA Round Britain Challenge in 2013, the Dutch skipper of ‘Vlieter’ returned to Chatham on passage to[…]