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Harbor Day

NY400 Week ended with a spectacular range of events on both land and water. Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima kicked off this first-ever NYC Harbor Day with a bike ride around Battery Park, on our - now famous- bright orange bicycles. The highlight of the day was the grand Holland on the Hudson flotilla, with the Half Moon replica as centrepiece, 400 years after Henry Hudson sailed the ship into what is now New York Harbor READ MORE

Maritime

The Flying Dutchman Race Prepares

In preparation of the NY400 Flying Dutchman Race scheduled in the week of September 8-13 2009, the event committee hosted a test race for a small number of racers in the New York Harbor in the weekend of May 30 & 31 2009.

Maritime

Maritime

The Dutch have a long tradition of maritime innovation. The Dutch East India Company, which in 1609 sent Henry Hudson searching for an alternative route to the Indies, is a well-known example of the Dutch people's pioneering maritime spirit.

Maritime

Mega yachts that spell Dutch pride

Having a yacht custom-built by Feadship of Haarlem will easily cost you several tens of millions of Euros.

Maritime

Captain turned shipbuilder

In 1995, Peter Versluis radically changed direction when he hung up his Captain's hat and he and his brother Jan took over their parents' commercial Maritime company Veka (a transport business).


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