De vliegende Hollander

An early Age of Sail adventure follows an inventive shipwright who develops a radically faster vessel and struggles to win trust and funding; he secretly brings his designs to sea to test them and refines his craft through daring trials. During successive voyages he takes on a young companion, faces attacks and misadventures in woodlands and ports, becomes involved with buccaneers near Port Royal, and engages in a decisive sea battle with Spanish forces. The narrative builds through technical ingenuity, maritime peril, and a fateful choice aboard the novel vessel that determines the crew's destiny.