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Join a sailing adventure on a Tall Ship and set course for new horizons!

Vlissingen (NL) - Honfleur (FR)

02 August - 07 August 2016

5 days, Eendracht

From € 420,-

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Sail Training

15 - 25 jaar: € 420,-
Normal price: € 840,-

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Eendracht:
Vlissingen (NL) - Honfleur (FR)

02 August - 07 August 2016

FULLY BOOKED – This Journey will start in Vlissingen, here you will meet the crew, get a safety explanation, a tour around the Ship. After this you will sail to Honfleur. Honfleur belongs to one of the most beautiful places in France and is definitely worth to visit. The way you will sail depents on the weather and the wind. On the way you will probably stop at the English coast. Age 15-25 years, age 14 years at request. For Dutch trainees there will be a bus organised, price 50 EUR. If you like to join the bus, just let us know!

Ports

Vlissingen, a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.
Vlissingen is mainly noted for the yards on the Scheldt where most of the ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Honfleur is a Norman harbor commune (department of Calvados) of the Seine estuary. In the port, narrow houses reflected in the basin are the main tourist attraction. Honfleur has inspired many artists, musicians as filmmakers. Many well known sailors were born there. The city is best known for its Old Basin, characterized by its houses with facades covered with slate, and have been repeatedly represented by artists including Gustave Courbet or Claude Monet, forming the school of Honfleur which c

  • Vlissingen (NL)

  • Honfleur (FR)

Key points

  • Dates: 2 August 2016 - 7 August 2016
  • Embarkation: 20:00 / Disembarkation: 12:00
  • Windseekers joining: 0
  • No sailing experience required!
  • Official language on board: English
  • Price includes: accommodation and meals, excludes drinks at the bar
  • Price excludes transportation costs to-and from the ports. Our travel counsellor can advise you and book your transfers
  • One-off registration fee €25
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance
  • You will sleep in a hammock

  • "I’m not even lying when I say this has been the best journey of my life, I’m super happy and satisfied and would definitely recommend to a friend."

    Manda (15), Denmark

You sail on the Eendracht

Shipping type: Three-masted Schooner
Homeport: Rotterdam (NL)
Date built: 1989
Trainees: 39
Length: 58,1m
Height of mast: 44,7m
Sail: 1033 m2

Adventure, action and fun await on board of the largest three masted-schooner of the Netherlands! The Eendracht's focus is especially on youngsters, but anybody is welcome to sail along. Whatever you choose, you're always contributing to a good cause. The …

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Windseeker logs

  • An experience I will put in my backpack and carry with me for the rest of my life

    Morgenster, July 2016

    The Tall Ships Races
    Scheveningen-Antwerp-Lisbon

    – by the Trainees

    RUNE Arriving in Scheveningen with mixed feelings, the yearning to set sail to this adventure and the painful goodbyes. I find my awkward self back at the dinner table (for the second time today) mixed up with the crew instead …

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  • Arrival Kristiansand

    Vega Gamleby

    Skarhamn - Kristiansand - Aalborg

    – by Jeroen (18) and Anouk (16)

    Jeroen After being the most seasick person on the whole boat, today I felt better again! So happy with this, had a lot of fun in my watch. This watch we got the chance to climb in the mast. First I …

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Photos

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  • Sørlandet

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