If you want to build a ship
don't bring people together
for the carrying of lumber
or just make drawings
make sure they don't get tasks
don’t share plans with them
but first teach the people a longing
for the endless sea
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle, 1948)
Welcome aboard the ZVN S.A. Shipowners Society
to build and traveling with the "modern" Dutch 17th-century square-rigged
Tall Ship "Friesland"
and to promote the Dutch worldwide sailing passenger ships