Lucy Steen van der Schuit

On the 21th Anne & I sailed on the IJ (Sail Amsterdam) on a hop-on-ship De Stortemelk. The ship stopped just before the Kruzenshtern (Крузенштерн) ,the magnificent tall-ship from Kaliningrad (our friend Vladimir has been organist of the Dom in Kaliningrad). The huge ropes, pulleyblocks, ancre, sails. . .  I installed myself in the frontsail to feel the history of the Kruzenshtern and the oceans she has sailed on. Het IJ in all its glory.  No wonder Peter The Great fell in love with Amsterdam and proved to be very successfull in learning everything about building ships.