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Sal (CV) - Willemstad (CW)

22 December 2024 - 14 January 2025

23 days, Eendracht

From € 1475,-

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Oceancrossing Sail Training

15-25: € 1475,-
p.p. in a 4-person cabin: € 2950,-
p.p. in a 2-person cabin: € 3418

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Eendracht:
Sal (CV) - Willemstad (CW)

22 December 2024 - 14 January 2025

Holiday season on the Atlantic: sailing from Cape Verde to Curacao. Escape the stressful festive season and travel in a different way, crossing 2700 nautical miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoy life at sea, sailing the Eendracht actively from steering to navigating to being on the lookout for dolphins and flying fish. Make new friends and celebrate a unique Christmas and New Year with your fellow adventurers. Reach the Caribbean Sea and cross sailing across the Atlantic off your bucket list. Grab your summer outfit and join this wondeful experience!
Open to all Windseekers aged 15-80.

Ports

Sal is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago, together with Boa Vista and Maio. The island is a dream destination for windsurfing enthusiasts, due to its sandy beaches and persistent winds. Tourism is on the rise in Cape Verde, but outside of the beach resort of Santa Maria the island retains its relaxed feel. Explore the quiet streets with their brightly colored houses, the blue eye cave, and the saline flats. The sun shines 350 days a year, so bring sunscreen!

Willemstad is the capital of Curaçao, a Caribbean island and a constituent country of the Netherlands. Famous for its beaches and clear-blue sea, Curaçao is a great place to enjoy watersports, from snorkelling, through kitesurfing to sailing, but the Kura Hulanda Museum is also a must-see with its rich collection of historical artifacts. If you're the adventurous type, visit the Hato Caves as well.

  • Sal (CV)

  • Willemstad (CW)

Key points

  • Dates: 22 December 2024 - 14 January 2025
  • Embarkation: 12:00 / Disembarkation: 12:00
  • For Windseekers aged 15-80 years
  • Windseekers joining: maximum 36
  • No sailing experience required!
  • Official language on board: Dutch and 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
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance
  • Need to take with you on board: towels

  • "It is an experience of a lifetime. It feels like escaping from the real world and coming into a world of adventure."

    Trainee (17)

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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    – by Deckhand Pelle

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Photos

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STO Garant

This Journey is covered by the STO Garant guarantee. You can find the conditions for this guarantee scheme on STO Garant’s website (www.sto-garant.nl/en/downloads).

This process is automatic and you do not need to do anything else. After receiving your booking, Windseeker will send you detailed information on how and when to pay for your journey – together with all the other important details.

 

What does it mean?

In short: you do not pay the booking amount to Windseeker but instead into an escrow account. This trust account holds your payment in reserve until your journey’s end. The booking amount is then released to Windseeker on the day after your trip ends. If Windseeker or the Ship should become financially insolvent before the end of your trip, STO Garant will implement the guarantee. The Guarantee Scheme details how you can make a claim under the guarantee in such cases. You can read more about this here.