December 2015

The 'Oosterschelde' is on TV and every day hundreds of people come on board to take a look. It is so busy that we hardly have any time to do the final preparations. Today ...

The first episode of the documentary was broadcasted today on NPO2. And if we may say so ourselves it's really nice to watch it! If you missed it you can look ...

We are almost there. Almost, but not finished yet. The coming days we will be busy preparing and finishing up. But we will manage and get the ship ready for the New Year. ...

Last year the ‘Oosterschelde’ returned from an 18-month voyage around the world. A documentary about this unique trip will be aired on Dutch national television. The ...

The departure of the 'Oosterschelde' creeps closer. All engine oil is changed and the bilge boat has collected the old oil and the wastewater. Today the bunker barge ...

Slowly but surely the 'Oosterschelde' is going back in business. Yesterday we had a meeting of the board of the ‘Rotterdam Sailing Ship Foundation' with the executive ...

While bookings for 2016 are starting to pick up and the ship is getting back in shape we have time to look at the future. Yesterday we had a meeting on board our office ship ...

Work is going well on board. At the end of the week we could be finished with the cabins. The showers with all the tiling and piping will take a bit longer.  The air suppl...

We have a new piano! So out with the old one and in with the new. It is not the easiest thing to move, first the old one up the stairs, over the office ship on the quay ...