Projects and activities

‘Even a little red ship can travel far and achieve a lot’

The first few years in our little association have been busy. Everybody has pitched in with passion and dedication, contributing to the great team spirit during this early stage of the association’s existence.

Despite a modest budget and limited means, we have achieved great results these first few years, establishing good partnerships and initiating a range of activities.

Back in the day, sailing on Nella Dan was a real adventure. In every way. Today too, the journey should be fun and exciting. Team spirit and comradeship are still essential today, as the Friends of Nella Dan set out on new adventures. There has to be room for everyone on board this vessel.

The association aims to launch activities and projects that reach and benefit a wide audience. To this end, the association seeks partnerships with a wide range of actors and aims to include Nella Dan in other communication projects.

Many ideas have been launched, and our Facebook group has played a key role in re-establishing contacts and building the network around the association. The Facebook group remains one of the association’s main assets for advertising and communicating our work – and for collecting and crowdsourcing stories, footage, sources, memorabilia and other materials to be included in future projects.

With Friends of Nella Dan, we have set out on a voyage towards new destinations and adventures.

The telegraph on the bridge
Photo by Rasmus Nygaard

Activities in 2020 (goals):

Taking part in DAMEN’s delivery of ‘Nella Dan II’ to AAD in Hobart, Tasmania.

Ordinary general assembly at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre and get-together on Egholm Island by Aalborg.

Activities in 2019 (goals):

Visit to the Netherlands, where ‘Nella Dan II’ is outfitted prior to delivery and departure from Europe.

Ordinary general assembly at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre and get-together on Egholm Island by Aalborg.

Activities in 2018 (goals):

Visit to the Romanian shipyard where ‘Nella Dan II’ is to be welded.

Ordinary general assembly at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre and get-together on Egholm Island by Aalborg.

Activities in 2017 (plan):

Digitizing footage for the ‘Nella Dan Archive’ (KS Film and E-arkiv.com).

Developing official FND website with the integration of film database, web shop etc. (E-arkiv.com, HagenETC, KS Film, Hørdum Navneskilte and others)

Website launch event at KNUD E. HANSEN a/s.

R/C sailing with the model of Nella Dan in the pond of Palle Siewartz Nielsen.

Ordinary general assembly at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre and get-together on Egholm Island by Aalborg.

Activities in 2016 (completed):

Purchase of Søren Sørensen’s R/C model of Nella Dan.

Establishing the ’Nella Dan Archive’ in relational database (Springeren and E-arkiv.com).

Ordinary general assembly at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre and get-together on Egholm Island by Aalborg.

Activities in 2015 (completed):

Easter lunch with ‘Nella Dan in a Brainstorm’ (the initiating group).

First general assembly at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre and get-together on Egholm Island by Aalborg.

Presentation of Nella Dan model in exhibition at Springeren – Maritime Experience Centre in Aalborg (Springeren).

 

Photo by Sam Nitscke