De Jonge Joseph

The 'Jonge Joseph' has led an adventurous life. Until 1934, it sailed as a mussel catcher. Unfortunately, its history from 1934 to 1946 remains unknown.

In 1946, it was converted into a yacht, and after passing through the hands of several owners, it was purchased in 1978 by the Stichting Luctor et Emergo foundation. They gradually restored the 'Jonge Joseph.' Between 2011 and 2018, almost the entire oak hull was renewed.

For years, the vessel was actively sailed: frequently to the Baltic Sea, the eastern English coast, and, between 1903 and 1908, on a voyage through Normandy, Bordeaux, the Canal du Midi, Genoa, Sicily, Brindisi, Venice, Croatia, and Slovenia. From there, it was transported on a low-loader to Freiburg, then sailed back to its home port via the Rhine.

A retired carpenter from the Zuiderzee Museum, who lives by the water in Venice, couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a real hengst (traditional Dutch flat-bottomed boat) sailing in.

Afterward, the 'Jonge Joseph' regularly sailed again to the Baltic Sea, the Göta Canal, overwintering in Stockholm and the Limfjord.