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Relatives Commemorate Drowned Skipper in Special Way: ‘He Belonged at Sea’

Summary by RTV Noord
Next month, a new lifeboat will be christened for the KNRM station in Wijk aan Zee. Thousands of names of people nominated by relatives and donors have been incorporated into the vessel. Among all those names is Christiaan Christinus de Boer from Winschoten, who perished at sea in 1965. For his son Willem and daughter Fenneke, it feels as if their father is finally returning to the place where he belonged. ‘He belonged at sea.’
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Next month, a new lifeboat will be christened for the KNRM station in Wijk aan Zee. Thousands of names of people nominated by relatives and donors have been incorporated into the vessel. Among all those names is Christiaan Christinus de Boer from Winschoten, who perished at sea in 1965. For his son Willem and daughter Fenneke, it feels as if their father is finally returning to the place where he belonged. ‘He belonged at sea.’

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RTV Noord broke the news on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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