Mentor application - Windseeker

Welcome!

We’re thrilled that you’re interested in becoming a mentor on a Windseeker Sail Training voyage! Mentors are central to the Sail Training experience, helping participants navigate challenges and make the most of their time at sea. This unique role calls for social skills, an open mind, plenty of energy, and a genuine desire to learn. In return, you’ll experience the joy of seeing happy faces and knowing you’ve contributed to a journey that many describe as life-changing.

As a mentor, you’ll spend 7-14 days aboard a sail training vessel during the summer, serving as a volunteer. Your role will include communicating with participants before the journey and helping to prepare the on-board program. You’ll represent the Windseeker Foundation, helping us to create the best possible experience for each trainee. To support you in this important role, we provide online training, coaching, and a certificate of participation. Everything you’ll need on board is taken care of—just come ready to engage fully.

There’s no one-size-fits-all mentor. Each one of you brings a unique background, experience, and personality to the role, so we carefully match mentors to ships, projects, and each other to create the best possible fit.

If you have any questions, we’re here to help. But first, we have a few questions for you!

Mentoring in the summer of 2025

All of the journeys for 2024 already have their mentors. If you’re interested in joining us next year, then please fill out the form below. We will store it in a safe place, and get back to you when we’re planning the next year’s journeys. Please keep in mind that it won’t happen before February 2025. If anything changes for you in the meantime, please let us know.

Fields marked with an * are required

First steps

First tell us a bit about yourself and how we can reach out to you

First name(s) *

Phone *

Last name *

Email *

Age in the summer 2025 *

Country *

Which languages do you speak (+ level)? *

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Experience

Now the fun part: your sailing - and other - experiences!

Have you ever sailed on a Tall Ship before? *

Yes, with Windseeker
Yes, with another organisation
No

If yes, what was the journey/ship/organisation? If you remember, write down the name of the captain and mentors as well.

Have you ever participated in the Tall Ships Races? *

Have you ever participated in an Erasmus+ project? *

If yes, what was it?

Any other relative experience you want to tell us about?

Any other work with young people, outdoor activities, experiential learning, intercultural/international activities etc.

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About you

And finally: your motivation and availability

Why do you want to sail as a mentor? *

How did you find out that you can be a mentor at Windseeker? *

E.g. on board (crew member, mentor), from someone at Windseeker, School at Sea, etc.

Tell us a bit about yourself *

What is your availability in the summer of 2025? Put in the exact dates *

Please upload a recent photo of yourself *

Make sure it's smaller than 5MB!

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Is there anythig else you'd like to add?

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Almost done

Almost done - just a little bit of housekeeping!

I agree for Windseeker to process my personal data for the purpose of mentor recruitment, according to the Windseeker Privacy Policy. *

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Mentoring in the summer of 2025

Windseeker mentor application form