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Replica of the vessel which discovered Australia in 1606.
This replica was built at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle and after completion and a lot of admiration, then this vessel copied the original discovery tour.
Next time I like to provide some photos of her during the construction, thereafter voyages to Sydney/Jakarta/CapeTown/Tessel/Rotterdam/Hoorn etc.
This has been a massive project taking several years due to a vast historical evaluation of how she was built and traditional methods were then to be used e.g. to curve the planks over fire etc.
She finally ended up back where she belongs, the beautiful city of Fremantle.
There are a variety of internet sites about this vessel, so in case you are interested then I suggest the original website as follows:
http://www.duyfken.com/
My company (where I worked for) also provided a sponsorship like so many others and I, myself was very much involved with the construction, attended the launch in Fremantle and visited her in various places with ultimately a grand dinner for the crew and my colleagues of the Netherlands in Hoorn.
These photos were taken in 2004 when she was berthed near the Kailis jetty in Fremantle with Kailis being the biggest sponsor.
This replica was built at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle and after completion and a lot of admiration, then this vessel copied the original discovery tour.
Next time I like to provide some photos of her during the construction, thereafter voyages to Sydney/Jakarta/CapeTown/Tessel/Rotterdam/Hoorn etc.
This has been a massive project taking several years due to a vast historical evaluation of how she was built and traditional methods were then to be used e.g. to curve the planks over fire etc.
She finally ended up back where she belongs, the beautiful city of Fremantle.
There are a variety of internet sites about this vessel, so in case you are interested then I suggest the original website as follows:
http://www.duyfken.com/
My company (where I worked for) also provided a sponsorship like so many others and I, myself was very much involved with the construction, attended the launch in Fremantle and visited her in various places with ultimately a grand dinner for the crew and my colleagues of the Netherlands in Hoorn.
These photos were taken in 2004 when she was berthed near the Kailis jetty in Fremantle with Kailis being the biggest sponsor.
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