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When you check-out next link, you can read more about Hendrik Willem van Loon. Although van Loon was emigrated to the USA, he continued to feel Dutch himself. He made many trips to Europe and returned occasionally to the Netherlands. He was particularly impressed by the town of Veere. Between 1927 and 1931, after a difficult period in the USA, he was settled permanently in the house 'The Houttuyn' located on the quay of Veere. He completed his books there and bore occasional stir by his flamboyant lifestyle and special initiatives. One of these initiatives was that he, with the assistance of Frits Philips, organised in 1928 a sailing event for local fishermen with their wooden fishing boats. For the very poor (from financial point of view) fishermen an excellent opportunity to gain some extra money and goods that they couldn't afford to buy, so the enthousiasm to participate was rather great. The 'Stichting Behoud Hoogaars' (SBH), a foundation runned by volunteers to reconstruct ancient Dutch wooden fishing boats, decided in 1994 however to keep this sailing event again, but on a yearly basis now and for the present owners of different types of ancient wooden boats. This series will show you some images of the 2012 event.

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