They went twice last year in July and November (see website "reizen") and they are planning to go this year as well.

The old days of the eel barges are still experienced today. An exact replica of the Frisian eel barge from 1872, the Korneliske Ykes II, was launched in 2009 and regularly sails to London, docking at the historic Dutch moorings on the River Thames: www.palingaak.nl