"I will round this Cape, even if I have to keep sailing until doomsday!
The
Flying Dutchman, according to
folklore, is a
ghost ship that can never go home, doomed to sail the
oceans forever. The
Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from far away, sometimes glowing with ghostly light. It is said that if hailed by another ship, its crew will try to send messages to land or to people long dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is a portent of doom.
Origins
Versions of the story are numerous in nautical folklore and related to medieval legends such as Captain Falkenburg, who was cursed to ply the
North Sea until
Judgment Day, playing
dice with
the Devil for his own soul.