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Encounter with Kerstholt lifeboat after 55 years
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Tonny Wubbolts As a ship’s carpenter he had been working on the lifeboat 55 years ago and now he, Tonny Wubbolts, was surprised at the quality of the timberwork of our Kerstholt lifeboat. Dirk and Bart both paid a visit to a bookstore in Groningen to buy a few copies of the book “Van sloep tot prinselijk jacht”, concerning the history of the Kerstholt shipyard. It was the owner of the bookstore, Pim Albronda, who brought them into contact with his uncle Tonny Wubbolts Tonny has been a carpenter at the Kerstholt shipyard in Groningen for several years. He was very interested in the condition the lifeboat was in. This was the reason the Zuyderzeeroeiers invited him to come and see the sloop. As he was present, slowly memories of how things were done at the shipyard arose. His knowledge has provided us with a lot of useful tips and information. With this information we can continue restoring and rebuilding the boat |
Original blueprints Kerstholt sloop
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In searchof the history of the Kerstholt lifeboat had made Dirk Meijers and Bart Beuken recently travel to the Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum in Groningen. Mr. Koos de Jong who is working in the archive for this museum provided us with some construction plans in blue print of the lifeboat we have in possession. The prints will pay an important contribution in restoring/rebuilding the lifeboat. Our goal is to find the right balance in keeping her authentic and optimizing her for sloop rowing.
See enlarged drawings at “Te Maru” |
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The new lifeboat "TE MARU" arrived in Tollebeek (Netherlands) |
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Pictures
Pictures of the arrival in Tollebeek (Holland)
Working on the Te Maru (mei 2008)
Newspapers:
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Stentor 4-4-2008 |
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Stentor 7-4-2008 |
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Stentor 8-4-2008 |
Television:
Look HERE de reportage van Omroep Flevoland (TV)
Internet:
www.tollebeek.nl
www.destentor.nl/regio/flevoland/
www.flevopost.nl
Kerstholt lifeboat from New Zealand
We have bought a lifeboat in New Zealand, a sloop with a story, built on Dutch soil. Unfortunately she hasn’t been able to do what she was built for.
One of the reasons for us to give this beautiful boat a new chance!!!
We want to thank all people and businesses that help us repatriating this lifeboat back to Holland.
- Opzeeland transport LTD New Zealand has taken care of transport of the sloop from Portside Bar in Wellington to the port of Tauranga.
- Spliethoff’s bevrachtingskantoor Amsterdam, NL, is transporting her overseas on one of her vessels “Emmagracht” from Tauranga (NZ) to Flushing (NL)
- Van Wieren Transport will bring the lifeboat from Flushing to Tollebeek / Emmeloord
- Friesland Bank Assurantiën has offered transport insurance all the way. ( we hope we don’t need it!!)
See the position during the trip of the Emmagrachtwith the new lifeboat “Te Maru” on board.
(click on sloop)
Or click HERE
Holmglen victims remembered
source: The Timaru Herald
24-02-2008
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On February 23. February 2008 a remembrance service was held on the Timaru cemetery at the graves of two crewmembers from the on November 23. 1959 foundered motor vessel Holmglen. |
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The lifeboat is on her way
source: Dominion Post
08-02-2008
| It’s a start,…. The boat is on her way back.. February 8. she was picked up from Portside bar in Wellington (NZ) by one of the trucks of Opzeeland transport LTD.
From Case van Traa (our contact in New Zealand) we received this newspaper article that shows truck driver Daniel Moon carefully loading the lifeboat on his truck.
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Nieuw Zeelandse media aandacht voor aankoop sloep
bron: The Timaru Herald
08-02-2008
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In de Nieuw Zeelandse krant hebben we de voorpagina la gehaald. Onze plannen zijn daar niet aasn de media voorbij gegaan, getuige bijgaand krantenartikel in The Timaru Herald van 8 februari 2008 |
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Recently Bart Beuken was interviewed by Theo Boekel from Echo Radio, New Zealand.
Click HERE to listen to the interview ( Dutch only)
This shipping company has taken all of the transport over sea in the repatriation of our lifeboat. We are grateful towards Spliethoff and the crew of the “Emmagracht” to provide us with this great service!!
History of the Holmglen
Read HERE more about the Holmglen
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Watch a movie in which the Holmglen is to be seen in action while taking a crew to a weather station on Campbell island, N.Z. Our sloop can be seen in the film, bringing supplies ashore. Op de film is ook te zien hoe onze sloep in wordt gezet bij de bevoorrading van het eiland. |
| Koos de Jong of the Noordelijk Scheepvaart Museum Groningen (NL) send us this newspaper of the Holmglen. |
Some pictures
The mothership "Holmglen"
Here the sloop still lies in Portside Bar in Wellington
Sloop as it lies in Wellington outside of the bar
Bouwnummer: 3866