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Onrust. The Connecticut River Museum hosts the Onrust, a re-creation of the vessel Adriaen Block built in 1614. Onrust is available for public cruises and private charters. Built over several years in upstate New York using traditional plans and means, the Onrust is a wholly unique ship that serves to educate and entertain visitors curious ...
Jun 6, 2017 · June 6, 2017. The Onrust. ESSEX >> The Connecticut River Museum announces that the Onrust, a replica of the first European vessel to explore and chart the Connecticut River, will rediscover the river this summer. Following Henry Hudson’s 1609 expedition, Dutch captain Adriaen Block was hired to explore the northeastern coastline of America ...
Plan extra time before or after your on-water expedition to tour the galleries or visit the Museum Shop. Same-day admission to the Museum is included with your cruise ticket! Onrust is available for private charters. Please call Cathy Malin, Director of Visitor Experience, 860.767.8269, extension 118, for charter information.
The Connecticut River Museum is pleased to welcome Onrust, a replica of Adriaen Block’s vessel- one of the first western style ships built in the New World, and the first ever to sail up the Connecticut River. Built over several years in upstate New York using traditional plans and means, the Onrust is a wholly unique ship that serves to educate and entertain visitors curious about the age ...
It was built mainly by volunteers under the supervision of shipbuilding professionals. It is made out of white oak and uses recently re-discovered 17th century Dutch shipbuilding techniques. As with the original Onrust, it is designed as a “yacht” and the entire ship, including areas below deck, replicates an authentic Dutch sailing craft.
Onrust now became a good place for commercial ships to dock, and so they did. Soon a massive coaling station was established at nearby Kuiper Island (Cipir Kahyangan) which attracted even more traffic. A plan by Van den Bosch to connect and fortify Onrust, Kuiper, Purmerend and Kerkhof islands did not make it. In 1856 Onrust got a wooden dry dock.
Working through the frigid winter, Block built a new ship from the salvaged remnants and named it the Onrust, Dutch for “Unrest” or “Restlessness”. It was the first vessel built by Europeans in New York State and the first yacht built in the New World. Onrust ’s construction most likely took place under the auspices of shipwright ...
