Kunstenaar August Dirks: ‘Mijn leven draaide om kameraadschap’ The Captain’s Log Book 44 Amsterdam, 6 Mei, 2024   NRC Gijbrecht van Es Foto’s Frank Ruiter Wat maakt het leven de moeite waard? August Dirks voer met zijn Ship of Fools de wereld rond met artiesten en kunstenaars, nu zit hij in zijn laatste levensfase thuis […]

The Captain’s Log Book 43 San Sebastian, 20 january, 2023

The Captain’s Log Book 42 Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Amsterdam 52º20´518´´ North, 004º54´29´´ East HET PAROOL         August Dirks (70) was for many years the captain of the Azart – Ship of Fools and wanted to sail his ship to the Uluruberg in Australia for her last voyage. But along the way it […]

The Captain’s Log Book 41 Parroquia San Mateo, Manta, Manabí, Ecuador. Thursday, November 11, 2021 00º57´225´´ South, 080º48´37´´ West     The miracle was true: The Ship of Fools is on top of the beach. Fifty-seven nautical miles south of the equator and one hundred and fifty meters beyond the high tide line of the […]

The Ship HAS Landed The Captain’s Log Book 40 Parroquia San Mateo, Manta, Manabí, Ecuador. September 12 at 7am, 2021 00º57´225´´ South, 080º48´37´´ West Planning of the city of Manta. The ocean is at the top. The blue area of 2000㎡ is reserved for the ship and tribune. After thirty three years of free navigation, the […]

The Captain’s Log Book 39 Puerto Pesquero Artisenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador: Sunday, June 20, 2020 00º59´184´´ North, 079º38´787´´ West     The Miracle of Burocracy The captain is back on board. For over a year, the ship has been moored right in the middle of a small fishing port in Ecuador. Azart is by far the […]

The Captain’s Log Book 38Puerto Pesquero Artisenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador:Sunday, May 9, 202000º59´184´´ North, 079º38´787´´ West        A Dutch Theater Ship on the Pacific Ocean  Just try to sail the world for over thirty years with a luxury yacht up to a hundred feet. Without money. With a love boat of ten cabins and […]

The Captain’s Log Book 37 Puerto Pesquero Artisenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador: Saturday, March 21, 2020 00º59´184´´ North, 079º38´787´´ West     We’re All In The Same Ship On board, we do not suffer from the loneliness many might experience on the third floor in the big cities. We are engaged in an absurd play with five […]

The Captain’s Log Book 36 08º55’326 North / 079º31’662” West. A PHOTO-ARTBOOK OF YEARS AZART The book is an picaresque novel about how a student of Russian language and literature obtained an old herring vessel and started sailing it thanks to the skippers, machinists, artists and squatters that populated the the old Amsterdam harbour. It […]

The Captain’s Log Book 35 January One, 2020 08º47’712 North / 079º33’003” West.     THE POINT OF NO RETURN The Fools hit the Pacific! On December 13, moonlit by the Full Cold Moon, they crossed the Panama canal. With his six locks, this canal is, to Dutch standards, rather ridiculous and it must be […]