My cousin owns a yawl rigged Nantucket clipper
It was in such a state that he’d given up hope of ever getting it into the water again.
I took a month off and traveled to the Netherlands to give him a hand getting this beautiful vessel back into the water.
The pictures tell the story of replacing and restoring the bowsprit, deck timbers , doors and solar panel , clean up and antifouling and finally the return of the old dame to her element!
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the bowsprit repaired
A good result!
June 7, 2011
andrevanderheyden
thebmproject 
3 responses to “My visit to the Netherlands.. May/June 2011”
Megan Jane
June 7th, 2011 at 15:50
Such a massive transformation – looks amazing! so great that you can do it all with your own skills and know how, must have been a nice feeling to see it in the water looking so pretty. X
Amber Jablonskis
June 17th, 2011 at 01:54
Hi Andre no wonder you are feeling tired at the moment. Wow! is all I can say what a magnificent job you did to the boat in Holland. Did you say it was your cousin boat, I can’t remember now. I hope all is good and that you take a little self time now. Love from Jay and Colleen *hugz*
Ernst
November 4th, 2011 at 16:33
Hi Andre,
Job well done!
Always good to see people taking good care of an old Lady.
The Nantucket Clipper is a beautiful ship. I have a black Nantucket Clipper.