Logbook
14/12/2025
2025 Refit Work
The guys at Hutting again made sure that Coelacanth continues to reach her full beauty and function.
28/09/2025
Exploring the Rivers of East England
England, a hop across the southwestern North Sea, seemed an improbable prospect.
30/06/2025
From the North Sea to the Baltic
Sailing from Friesland over the North Sea into the Baltic.
21/02/2025
Snow on the Deck
A winter sail across silent waters — no ships, no voices, just the creak of frozen rigging and the whisper of fog.
31/12/2024
The year ends in Terschelling
Again, we sailed to Terschelling for the week between Christmas and New Year.
15/12/2024
2024 Refit Work
In 2024, we concentrated on improving our anchoring gear.
15/09/2024
Across the North Sea to the Rivers of East England
Another passage across the North Sea to the rivers of East England — and their hidden histories.
12/07/2024
Five Islands in the North Sea
A planned crossing to Norway becomes a passage along the edge of the North Sea: Vlieland, Esbjerg, Fanø, Rømø, Helgoland, Spiekeroog.
31/12/2023
Christmas in Terschelling
It's a tradition to sail to the Frisian island of Terschelling over the days between Christmas and New Year.
15/12/2023
2023 Refit Work
New standing rigging, a new sprayhood, and a renewed instruments panel.
07/11/2023
Dutch Landscapes
A picturesque late autumn evening…
30/09/2023
To Southwold and Pin Mill – Autumn on the East Coast
From the West Frisian island of Texel to England’s East Coast.
20/06/2023
A North Sea Crossing to Whitby
From the West Frisian island of Vlieland, bound for the Yorkshire coast.
16/12/2022
2021 and 2022 Refit Work
New transformar, mainsail blocks, winch…
30/04/2022
Fish and Chips in Lowestoft
Our first North Sea crossing – from Den Helder to Lowestoft and back to IJmuiden and Amsterdam.
18/02/2022
Storm Eunice
A winter trip around the IJsselmeer.
01/10/2021
Buying an Old Fish
Coelacanth is a Hutting 40, a full-keeler built in 2001 by Frisian Hutting Yachts.