Askoy II

The 20-meter-long steel sailing ship that was owned by singer Jacques Brel has Zeebrugge as its home port for the time being. It will cut through the waves again soon. During the restoration, a steel part of the collapsed WTC towers was built into the ship. The part ended up on the port side of the central cabin.

In 2010 Piet Wittevrongel received the piece of steel measuring 15 by 15 cm with the inscription "Recovered Steel World Trade Center" in the Flanders House in New York through the mediation of the "Port Authorety" of New York.

Now that the Askoy II is in the final stages of its completion, September 11 proved to be the right time to definitively "embark" the dramatic but meaningful souvenir. “In this way it will be given a place with which we of the Askoy II also want to spread the message of peace and tolerance”, says Piet, who, together with his brother Staf, was able to transport the wreck of Brel's sailing ship from New Zealand to our country