Archive for December, 2007
Rudolph and Bambi.
Where: Grote Markt, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: Rudolph and Bambi rest alight on top of the kiosk on the main square of Groningen.
(2 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5)
Loading ...Roped.
Where: Winter Welvaart, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: A boatrope lying around all that remains of a mast.
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Safety-net.
Where: Winter Welvaart, Hoge der A, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: Winter Welvaart seen through the safetynet (jibnet) underneath the bowsprit of the ‘Pelikaan’.
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5) Loading ...Fishing behind the net.
Where: Winter Welvaart, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: A fisherman’s net.
(2 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Ladder to success.
Where: Winter Welvaart, Kleine der A, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: The ship called Tromp was once a two-masted koftjalk. Currently it’s a floating heap of rust. A foundation has adopted it, and uses it in learn&work-projects to help the unemployed climb their ladder to success and get an education in ship-building. The ship is expected to be returned to it’s former glory by 2012.
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Setting sail II.
Where: Winter Welvaart, Lage der Aa, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: The layout of the ‘Jantje’ was changed between 1977 and 1985. Originally built as as a spooner with a gaff rig on the front- and backmasts. Three yards were added later. To make sailing easier, the gaff rig on the front mast was replaced with two stays.
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...All hands on deck.
Where: Winter Welvaart, Lage der Aa, Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: The ‘Jantje’ is a brigantine, a vessel with two masts, one of which is square rigged. The Jantje was built in 1930 in Monnickendam. Until 1969 it served as a fish-cutter called ‘Ennie en Appie HD 25′.
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