About twenty kilometers off the coast of Rotterdam, the Texel fishing family Vonk made a special find yesterday: in addition to the sole that the fishermen fish for, there was also a wooden statue in the net. “At first we thought it was a mermaid,” says skipper Cor Vonk. “We don’t know what it is, but we saw that it was special.”
“We just opened it up and then this rolled out.” The 38-year-old Cor Vonk from Oudeschild – who sails on the ship TX1 with his father and brother – is used to something, but he has never made such a special find before. “I’ve been sailing for twenty years, but I’ve never seen this.”
They are still a little confused about it. “You don’t see something like this very often, certainly not of this caliber. We’re going to have an expert examine what it is and then we’ll see where it can best go. Probably to a museum. Until then, we’ll fit in well.” on.”