He developed the idea of the Flying Dutchman while sailing from Riga to London
Wagner claimed in 
his 1870 autobiography Mein Leben that he had been ... Wagner composed the 
rest of the Der Fliegende Hollnder during the summer of 1841, with the Overture
... [DOC] [TLE] Seattle Opera Blog: Spotlight On: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN [PAR] She's obsessed with the legend of the Flying Dutchman and constantly broods 
over ... Daland is trying to get his boat home to harbor on a stormy night when he 
gets ... had seen a few years earlier in London, itself based on a story in a 
magazine.