TADORNA the SHELDUCK

Vessel Name: Tadorna the Shelduck
Vessel Make/Model: Etap 32i
Hailing Port: Nieuwpoort (Belgium)
Crew: Eric & Sylvia
About:
Born on the tidal river Scheldt near the port of Antwerp, climbing mountains was not an option, so we went sailing. After exploring the Antwerp roads in a dinghy we went for a bigger boat and sailed down the estuary -just like the shelduck- to the Southern North Sea. [...]
Extra:
Having your home port at the only 65 km long belgian coast, if not to be locked on to your berth, your ship should carry some courtesy ensings. The ports of Dunkerque (France), Ramsgate Harbour (UK) and Flushing (the Netherlands) are all within a range of 50 miles. Teniendo su puerto de amarre en [...]
Home Page: https://sites.google.com/site/cvotadorna/
15 September 2022 | Port of Antwerp-Bruges
13 April 2018 | Nieuwpoort
11 September 2017 | Belgian Coast
09 February 2017
05 April 2015 | Dover Strait
27 October 2013 | Zierikzee (Nl)
13 July 2011 | Ramsgate (UK)
12 December 2010 | Boulogne
04 December 2010 | Dieppe
24 November 2010 | Le Havre
13 November 2010 | Nieuwpoort
05 November 2010 | Deauville
20 October 2010 | Fecamp
20 September 2010 | Dieppe
26 August 2010 | Boulogne-sur-Mer
13 August 2010 | Dunkirk (France)
02 June 2010 | Burghsluis
18 May 2010 | Yerseke
04 May 2010 | Willemstad
26 April 2010 | Middelharnis
Recent Blog Posts
15 September 2022 | Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Waterbus

Last summer the former crew of Tadorna took a ride on the river Scheldt on board the Waterbus from Kruibeke (5 miles upstream Antwerp) to Lillo-Fort, the turning point of this passenger shuttle near the Dutch border. The fast passenger service calls at different locations both at the right bank (e.g. Antwerp Roads) and the left bank (e.g. the popular beach resort of St. Anneke), so it gives a broad view on the locks, chemical and container terminals and the newest tidal dock, the Deurganckdock, just opposite Lillo-Fort. As her name says, the fast catamaran has the speed of a bus, so you might perhaps miss the relaxed feeling of smooth sailing. Nervertheless we can strongly recommend the trip to all those who have a heart for being on the water (as retired sailors do) and love the Port of Antwerp. (the picture shows the entrance of the drying small yacht harbour of Lillo-Fort)

13 April 2018 | Nieuwpoort

The Old Sailor

Older and wiser,

11 September 2017 | Belgian Coast

Sirius

Encounter off the Belgian coast with the brand new multi-purpose vessel 'SIRIUS' the Flemish Maritime Authority put into service earlier this year. Also thanks to an audit on board this new purchase, Bureau Veritas was able to deliver the ISM-certificate (International Safe Management code for ship management and protection of the environment) to the owner.

09 February 2017

Hibernating

Tadorna has been well put ashore and is actually hibernating. She will be soon get overhauled and put into the water again. We're all hoping for a nice season and fair winds. Sea-you on the water.

05 April 2015 | Dover Strait

Back on Track

Thanks to the fair weather of this years' early spring, the annual overhaul after winter storage on land went on very smoothly. So since March 18, Tadorna is back on the water again, all shipshape and ready to sail the Channel and the North Sea for yet another season (she's already waving the flag of the seven seas: bright golden stars above blue water).

27 October 2013 | Zierikzee (Nl)

Zeeland

In august 2013 Tadorna paid a visit to Zeeland, the south western most province of the Netherlands, situated between the estuaries of the river Maas (Rotterdam) and the River Scheldt (Antwerp).

Hellevoetsluis

12 April 2010 | W.V.H. Heliushaven
On the 29th of July 2009 we went from Colijnsplaat (Oosterschelde) to Hellevoetsluis (Haringvliet). Flushing (Vlissingen) high water at 8.11h and 20.36h local time, low water at 14.15h. By 11.30h we were in the Roompot lock, ready to leave for the open sea where the South-West going ebb-tide was setting on. Ideal conditions to travel in this direction to e.g. Zeebrugge, what was exactly what our neighbour in the lock had in mind. When I told him that we were heading North to the Haringvliet, he slightly panicked and I saw rising in his eyes a sudden doubt regarding his so carefully prepared navigation. But I could reassure him quite rapidly, telling him that the main flow some miles off is going indeed SW but that in the estuaries and the entrances to the lakes that we were about to cross, the flows have a rather disturbed and irregular pattern. This we later on experienced properly: during our passage we faced just a minimum of contrary flow while we took good care never to have more than 6m water under the keel (navigating the depth lines one might call this). To give things a name: we left the Outer Roompot, turned right to cross the Brouwershaven Sound (in front of the Grevelingen dam) and then entered the Slijkgat to arrive at about 18.00h in the Goeree lock, which freed us on the Haringvliet where we motored half an hour to Hellevoetsluis. The next day we paid it an extended visit. Hellevoetsluis is a nice little town with a double face. On the one hand it's an historical naval base with several well kept monuments, some of which are still in use as a museum or a marina. The old dockyard hoists historical vintage craft to be refitted by volunteers and apprentice marine-craftsmen. But there is a modern Hellevoetsluis as well, it's a residential suburb of the prosperous Rotterdam port area, with green spaced neighbourhoods and flats all around a living shopping centre.
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