The Dutch open Veenvaart – a canal route for pleasure boats and leisure activities

  Jantje on the Veenvaart canal system Last weekend see the opening of the Veenvaart, a new canal complex in Holland for use by pleasure boats that includes an important new section built for the purpose. I think it’s an important example of what can be achieved when vision, imagination and enthusiasm are brought to … Continue reading “The Dutch open Veenvaart – a canal route for pleasure boats and leisure activities”

Traditional steel Dutch dinghy and Forest & Stream skiff compared

[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Dutch dinghy and steel-built Forest & Stream skiff Over in Holland, Hans-Christian Rieck has taken these photos of a traditional steel-built Dutch dinghy of a type often used as tenders to steel-built barges and other craft. They’re strikingly curvaceous little boats, given that they’re made from plates of sheet steel, particularly when compared … Continue reading “Traditional steel Dutch dinghy and Forest & Stream skiff compared”