A selection of pictures shot in the museumharbour of Den Helder. Featuring:
The lightship Texel (pictures 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11) see http://www.texel-no10.de/index-ndl.htm for more info

A barge (picture 2) No further info on that one)

The lifeboat Insulinde (picture 3 and 11) see http://www.reddingmuseum.nl/insulinde for more info on the restauration of the Insulinde and the collection of the national lifeboat museum in Den Helder (worth a visit!)

The James Haylet (pictures 1, 4, 5 and 10) a logger

The Snellius (picture 8) which has left Den Helder for Italy to be converted into a luxury yacht. More pictures of the Snellius being towed from Den Helder on: http://www.tugspotters.com/dev/spots...=3376&catid=22
More info and some more pictures (dutch only) on the snellius on: http://www.kombuispraat.com/viewtopi...7c7e9 e61d9a1

A botter and some steam-tugs (former navy) in picture 8. More info on http://www.y8122.nl/ and http://www.botterrd28.nl/

More general info on the museumharbour: http://www.stichtingnautischemonumenten.nl/ and http://www.museumhavenwillemsoord.nl/

All the pictures were shot around sunset. I used the RAW functionality to get at least some of the lighting in good order. Most pictures worked out, but some could be better.

Well that's it for this year. I hope you enjoy this post and whish everyone in this group a prosperous 2008!

Best regards,

Jeroen