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

Den Helder (NL) - Rostock (DE)

25 July - 04 August 2027

10 days, Gulden Leeuw

From € 1395,-

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International Exchange@sea Sail Training

15-25: € 1395,-

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No commitment yet – your booking becomes binding only after payment. Cancellation terms apply.

Gulden Leeuw:
Den Helder (NL) - Rostock (DE)

25 July - 04 August 2027

Open for pre-bookings! Sign up to reserve your spot and help us design your dream journey so that we can make the programme into an unforgettable experience together. We’ll keep a spot for you and get in touch in October with the final details and confirmation.

WIND: Windseeker Intercultural Navigation & Discovery: Exchange at Sea with a mini-regatta. Sail from Den Helder in the Netherlands, around Denmark, towards the German Rostock, in an international exchange with three vessels. Make new friends, explore different places, and participate in a friendly race with other tall ships, followed by a get-together to celebrate on land. Learn to sail a tall ship, working in watches to steer, navigate, climb the masts and adjust the sails. This unique project combines international exchange with some racing for the best of both worlds. What more could you want?
Open to all Windseekers aged 15-25.

Ports

Den Helder is a beautiful town in the Netherlands, situated at the very tip of the North Holland province, regularly hosting the Tall Ships events. Discover the town’s sea connections by visiting the Marinemuseum and Nationaal Reddingmuseum Dorus Rijkers. Take a break and go for a walk in the botanical gardens Oranjerie De Groene Parel Den Helder or admire sea life in the Fort Kijkduin Museum and Aquarium.

Rostock is a vibrant city on the banks of the Warnow River, combining a rich maritime history with a lively modern atmosphere. It is also home to one of the world’s oldest universities. Rostock is also famous for its annual Hanse Sail, one of Europe’s largest maritime festivals, which brings hundreds of thousands of visitors and a spectacular fleet of traditional sailing ships to the city.

  • Den Helder (NL)

  • Rostock (DE)

Key points

  • Dates: 25 July 2027 - 4 August 2027
  • Embarkation: 17:00 / Disembarkation: 10:00
  • For Windseekers age 15-25 years
  • Windseekers joining: maximum 50
  • 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 counselor can advise you and book your transfers
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance. Cancellation insurance recommended.
  • Need to take with you on board: towels
  • You will sleep in a bunk

  • "I learned a lot about both sailing and sustainability, and the social life was amazing."

    Thea (20), Denmark

You sail on the Gulden Leeuw

Shipping type: Topsail Schooner
Homeport: Kampen (NL)
Date built: 1937
Trainees: 60
Length: 70,1 m
Height of mast: 40 m
Sail: 1500 m2

The Gulden Leeuw is a three-masted topsail schooner, which means that you can climb the 40-metre mast to unpack the square sails. That’s approximately 12 stories high! But do not worry, you can start with the lowest yard. With 1500 …

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Windseeker logs

  • Baltic Research: Ingo

    Ingo, July 2022

    Sweden

    – by Exchange@sea Trainees

    Today we all arrived in Gothenburg together. We got to meet all the participants from different countries. Ingo hadn’t arrived yet so we all went to a scouting club to spend the night. We did a lot of activities to …

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  • 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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Photos

  • Trainee
  • Sørlandet
  • Sørlandet

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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.