Boeier at the Oostende voor Anker festival; photos by Wim Netens
Wim Netens kindly got in touch this morning to alert me to the Oostende voor Anker festival of sail held at the Belgian port of Ostend recently, and to let me have a link to his splendid photogallery of the event. I picked out the ornate old boeier above as one of the most striking boats I could see, although I guess it’s decorations and distinctive shape will only seem remarkable to those of us who don’t live in Belgium or The Netherlands.
This link takes you to Wim’s photogallery:
http://foto.zita.be/5970654313
This link goes to the festival itself, which includes a variety of photos of boats and concerts.
http://www.oostendevooranker.be/
On the subject of boeiers, I noticed this weblog entry about some nice illustrations from the beginning of the last century:
Edward Penfield: Holland from the Stern of a Boeier, 1903
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