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Glad you're OK. Congrats Charles.

Alexander, a lot of the remaining examples that still can be sailed are charterboats now and are used for exactly what you experienced. A lot more are converted to houseboats. Mast and sails gone and can be found all over Europe.

VROEM wrote:Very nice! It looks a bit like the "IJsstokjes boot" which has gone to the drain lately (Just joking )

No "ijsstokjes" involved. Everything that's original in steel is steel in the model as well. I just can't imagine how many years this guy "Arend Pilon" has worked on this.

I found out a lot more about the original big one. It was build in 1907 in Stadskanaal/Groningen and was named "De Verwisseling". It's exact type is a "Groninger Boltjalk". It seems to be in the Amsterdam shipmuseum harbour now. I made a better pic. http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/nightfire80...

"Tjalk" is a type of ship. They were sailing freighters.

Here some info about them: http://tjalk.seebyseeing.net/

Completely built from scapmaterial by an old skipper from this same tjalk. It's really incredible!!

A real Dutch Tjalk.....

Hope to see it once. The chances are there...

Don't bother...you're right as well....

I "aquired" it from the dump when I was in the RNLAF in the early seventies. Always wanted to transform it into a small table, but never got to it.

Right !!!

Thunderstreak is correct, but that's as far as it goes...

Another Hint: It's not always on the plane and certainly not necessary either..

And the plane was in use with the RNLAF (Dutch Air Force)

Now help me out Mal. What is a Canard?

As safe as can be. use it often.