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Website NY400Fotos.nl was hacked
| 22 november 2010
The website has been temporarily taken down. Due to several requests I have put back the information for the site. I reinstalled a clean version of the site (without the design unfortunately) I am also planning to put back all the foto's send to the website, including those of Jelle ;)
I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience but for now you have the information back. If I can find a way to clean the old site from the virus and vandalism I will put it back up with the original design. For now this.
Crew Wylde Wytse.
New York in miniature
| 15 maart 2010
I could not leave this out, although work has stopped on this site, this should be here, so here goes:
Flinterduin also traced
| 03 november 2009
With some searching it was discoverd that for the last three years the Flinterduin (the vessel that brought all the Dutch historic flat bottomed ships to New York for the NY400 festivities) has been recording it's information and ship's logs on a voluntairy wheather site.
Ship's log uncovered from the Flinterborg
| 02 november 2009
It took some work but here is the ship's log. We are trying to decipher the information and create a map of the voyage of the Flinterborg with it's precious cargo. it should replace the map at the bottom of this site when it is done. We are also looking for people who can read badly scanned and difficult to read handwriting...
You can see the rough scans here.
Click here if you want to download all scans in a zipped package (files in JPG format)
Map of the Flinterborg updated
| 01 november 2009
Our overseas friend spent many hours working on the ship's log to copy all the data the captain noted down during the voyage to update our map. I must say I could have never done it better or in a shorter time with so much detail and effort and I want to thank Peter again for his help.
Updates
| 26 oktober 2009
the site has become a bit full so I had to make some changes...
- All items to the right are now to the left!
- Individual image galleries are now only available through the main photo menu.
- Articles on the front page; now showing more articles but not all their text, click to read on folks!
- Added video for the Musicboat
- Added image galleries for Dick Franken, Jan van de Witte, Flinterborg returns and those from the captain
Updates to come:
- Adding more videos made during the unloading of the Flinterborg
- Adding a more detailed map of the Flinterborg's voyage
- Adding a file section with newspaper clippings soon
Help from an unexpected corner
26 oktober 2009
Hallo,
Mooie web pagina, http://www.ny400fotos.nl
en met de dagelijkse positie van de Flinterborg! Fijn dat je de webpagina bij houdt waar al de crews hun photo op kunnen zetten.
Flinterborg having heavy weather
| 26 oktober 2009
"Rumors go round about the Flinterborg having heavy weather on her journey home. Proof of this could only be found aboard the vessel in the captain's topsecret log and photojournal.
An expedition of two thoroughly selected crewmembers headed out to the bridge to start negotiations with Flinter's CEO who clearly had no chance in this matter.
The Flinterborg arrives safely
| 25 oktober 2009
Yesterday at 13:45 the Flinterborg arrived at the Dutch port of Harlingen with it's precious cargo of Dutch historic flat bottomed ships. And sand. Greeted by the owners of the ship, their crew and interested visitors it moored at the Harlingen docks and almost immediatly began to unload, not wasting any time.
Found by our American escort
"My name is Reed Hamel and I was the boat owner who did the liquor, hat and wooden shoes exchanges in the Hudson River, New York City on Sept 8th, 2009. I remember one crewman name as Pieter and I think the other man was the owner Mr. Heerschor.
Where is the Flinterborg?
| 21 oktober 2009
Update 22/10 9:39: Ladies and gentlemen; We got him. Position at 7:37 this morning
Cruising at a comfortable 12 knots the Flinterborg showed up on the radar screen, a few miles south of Plymouth (Great Brittain) and North of Brest (France)
Dutch flat bottoms leave a trail
| 18 oktober 2009
If you look at the picture below (showing visitors to the site in the past few weeks) You can see a trail of places we visited and where people started looking for our photo's. Maybe we can see the whole trail to Albany in a month or two!
Positie: 41-07,9N 022-55,5W
18 oktober 2009
> QTE//
>
> Goeie morgen,
>
> e-mail werkte even niet, nu hopelijk wel.
A Message from Mike:
| 15 oktober 2009
Een secreet met golven van 12 m. en windkracht oehoe
12 oktober 2009
> > Pos : 38-20,6N 054-26,4W
> > Pop : 548 Z Come by Chance (Newfoundland)
> > CRS/SPD: 090 /11,0 kn
> > weer : W3, bewolkt maar droog, 24grC, 1018 hPa
> > ETA : Harlingen 22/10/09 (wp/agw)
> >
> > Goede morgen,
> >
> > Zag dat je op 38-20 zat en probeert weer op die 39 te komen. Dat kun je ook
> > wel geleidelijk aan doen tot Zondag a.s. Koers
> > eerst maar af op de 40 Noord en 30 West.
> > Vandaar uit kun je waarschijnlijk recht op het Engels kanaal af maar daar krijg
> > ik in de loop van de week wel wat meer zicht op.
> > Voorlopig ziet het er voor jullie goed uit tot aan de Azoren.
> >
> > Het weer in het algemeen: L 976 op 56 N en 45 W gaat NO op.
> > L 1009 West van Azoren lost op/ trekt richting Kaap verdische eilanden.
> >
> > Donderdag de 15e ontwikkelt zich een oclusie ( als een koud onder een
> > warmtefront schuift ) in pos: 38 N en 45 W.
> > Eerst genoemde Laag zit dan tussen Groenland en new foundland en heeft een
> > trog die zich uitstrekt tot aan de oclusie.
> > Vandaar ook dat je wat mij betreft rustig nog even op deze breedte kan blijven.
> >
> > Zaterdag de 17e ontwikkeld zich een lage druk bij new foundland 989 die naar
> > het noorden van Schotland trekt 964 ( dat lees je
> > goed) en die volgende week dinsdag voor windkracht oehoe gaat zorgen voor de
> > Ierse kust. Volgende week Woensdag krijgen wij hier
> > onze portie ervan.
> > Dit is een echt secreet met golven van 12 meter met een trog tot aan Villano.
> > Later volgende week lost hij op vanuit een hoog wat zuid van de Azoren zit en
> > waar jij je mooie weer van had. De vooruitzichten
> > op 06.00 utc elke dag:
> >
> > Ma 12 wind W 20 kn afnemend 5 kn swell: WNW 3,5 meter. ( 55 w)
> > Di 13 wind NNO 5 kn swell NW 3,5 meter ( 50 W)
> > Wo 14 wind Z 20 kn swell WNW 2,33 meter ( 46 w)
> > Do 15 wind Z 20 kn swell Del ca 3 meter ( 42 W)
> > Vrij 16 wind N 20 kn afnemend swell NNW 2,30 meter ( 38 W)
> > Zat 17 wind NO 5 kn swell NW 1,64 meter ( 34 W)
> > Zon 18 wind NO 5 kn swell ONO 2,02 meter. ( 40 N30W)
> >
> > Ik stel het gedurende de week nog wel even bij aan de hand van je ware positie.
> >
> > Groet,Gerrit
> > Flinter.
High resolution images
| 04 oktober 2009
Update: You can actually download the original sized images... All along. Just press the 
image below the thumbnail and you will download the original unprocessed image. If you want the whole gallery you still need to give me a few days to fix that.
For now images in the gallery will be for your viewing pleasure only... Most images have a resolution of about 1000 pixels wide (about the size to print a 4" or 10cm photograph). Most images are available in larger qualities (to print larger pictures and to zoom in a bit) but they are very heavy for the site and to download.
As soon as there is a working solution for the large images it will be posted here with links to the galleries so in the meantime, pick your favorites and don't stop uploading images and videos!
Letter to the president
Dear Mister President,
We are here because of the celebrations Hudson 400 and the birth of the current U.S. With our visit we follow the footsteps of our ancestors. With our traditional Dutch vessels (skutsjes) we make a tribute to New York and the Hudson. Unfortunately the arrival of our ships is delayed due to the weather conditions. To kill the time we planned to visit Washington on Monday 31 august. During our visit we like to meet you. We like to share with you our fascination for the Dutch traditional vessels and the rol they play in the celebrations. Special for you we have a set of crew member t-shirts. We also want to invite you and your family to make a sail trip on board of our vessels during the celebrations in New York or Hudson River. We would like to hear from you.
With respectful regards, the crew of the Wylde Wytse and the Hoop & Vertrouwen
Sikke, Tjibbe, Piet, Sipke and Akke
Weblog Sanni & René Clavaux
| 01 oktober 2009
Sanni & René Clavaux kept a weblog during the trip to New York and shortly after, please pay them a visit and check out their videos, comments and Tweets. Thanks Sanni and René for keeping this log! We are also gratful for the video links we were able to copy in our video section.
Link their blog: http://www.clavaux.net/blog/
Add your own photo's
| 29 september 2009
You can now controle your own gallery, to upload the photo's you want to appear on this site (hopefully related to th flatbottoms and the NY400 Event...) You can do the following. To get started, click on "Upload your own" in the Photo menu on top of the screen or click here.
Please keep an eye out for the restrictions set one article down, We still don't need 2000 12 megapixel images full of noise resembling a ship at night...
- Go to the page where you can upload your own image files
- Create a new folder (Options > Create folder) with your name, please use only your first name.
- Add every photo you want to upload. Use the Upload button, add the files you want and press upload.
- Wait. Please be patients, it could take some time before all images are uploaded
Once I get them all I will turn them into a gallery as soon as possible so bear with me. If you want it done faster, e-mail me.
Adding your own images
| 27 september 2009
For now we are uploading the image galleries ourselves, we are working on a system that lets you upload your own images to a new category. As soon as that is up and running we will let you know how to get your own photo's on this website.
For the time being contact Dit e-mailadres is beschermd tegen spambots. U heeft JavaScript nodig om het te kunnen zien. to get instructions to get your own gallery up. Several restrictions apply for your images:
- No more then 200 photo's (We don't want every single blurred and dark image you shot, make a selection of your best)
- Max width: 960 pixels
- Max height: 640 pixels
- Filesize between 50 and 500 Kilobytes (should work for most images, you are doing something wrong if it doesn't)
- All photo's in JPG format
And please don't hesitate to send me links to youtube and other video sites with movies about the NY400 week. I will try to post them here as soon as possible.
Writers wanted!
| 27 september 2009
This site could do with stories and backgrounds, if you have a nice anecdote, let us know and we will post it here. Seen errors or want to add information? Don't hesitate to let us know so you can help out with this site!
Website is online
| 27 september 2009
On this website you can find photo's that were made during the stay in New York. Because New York was discovered 400 years ago, a fleet of Dutch flatbottom ships went to the Hudson to celebrate this event. Crewmen of these ships have taken hundreds of photo's and to put them all in a central place this site was created.
Using the menu you can browse through all the photo's videos and sponsors of this site. If you have photo's you took of our ships or the event you can register and upload them yourself for everyone to see. If you have registered you can also place comments and rate photo's yourself.
We hope you have enjoyed our stay on the Hudson and will enjoy these photo's for a very long time. See you again in another 400 years!