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

Changing times for the sailing colliers, 1727

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

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

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[…]

East Coast OGA member, Jayne Tracey, recounts her memories of life aboard a Dutch botter on the Norfolk Broads. Sold[…]

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

We bring an evocative video, made in 1932 by a young Dutchman, on passage aboard the Dutch schooner yacht ‘Vigilanter’[…]

One of the more unfortunate events in British naval history happened 12 – 14 June 1667, when a Dutch fleet[…]