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Kiel (DE) - Kiel (DE)

18 July - 27 July 2025

9 days, Hendrika Bartelds

From € 495,-

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15-25: € 495,-
26-28 (at request): € 1000,-

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Hendrika Bartelds:
Kiel (DE) - Kiel (DE)

18 July - 27 July 2025

On the Right Tack: Against Pollution. Step on board the stunning Hendrika Bartelds and embark on an international sailing adventure! Join the ship in Kiel, Germany, and enjoy the local waters before taking course for Denmark. Discover seaside towns and out-of-the-way islands, exploring the waters of the Baltic Sea on a tall ship. Engage in coastal cleanups and plastic research of the sea with The Ocean Movement. Get to know trainees from other countries, and share your own culture with them, supported by Windseeker mentors. Make lifetime memories while you sail on the right tack: against pollution!
For trainees aged 15-25 (26-28 at request) from all countries.

Ports

Kiel is a German port town on the Baltic coast, widely known for its yearly ‘Kiel week’ – the biggest yearly regatta in the world! Many thousands of boats and ships of all kinds and eras take part in the parade. Kiel Week is also a festival, Volksfest and fair as well as a maritime event. But Kiel offers more: a slew of museums (zoological, geological, historical, fine art, industrial, and military museums), a city centre with relaxed atmosphere, and the water and shores of the Kieler Fjord.

  • Kiel (DE)

  • Kiel (DE)

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Key points

  • Dates: 18 July 2025 - 27 July 2025
  • Embarkation: 20:00 / Disembarkation: 10:00
  • For Windseekers 15-25 years, age 26-28 at request
  • Windseekers joining: maximum 28
  • 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
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance
  • Need to take with you on board: sleeping bag and towels

  • "Take chances. If you don't try, you'll never know."

    Myriam (20), Belgium

You sail on the Hendrika Bartelds

Shipping type: Schooner
Homeport:
Date built: 1917
Trainees: 24-34
Length: 49 m
Height of mast: 28 m
Sail: 645 m2

Hendrika Bartelds is a three-masted gaff-top sailing schooner, which means that the ship is equipped with 3 masts and has gaff sails. If the weather permits, top sails can be placed over the gaff sails. The type of hull is …

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Windseeker logs

  • Bon Voyage, Plastic!

    Thalassa, July 2021

    France

    – by Trainees

    Sunday, 11th of July Once we arrived in Boulogne sûr Mer we had to wait until 9 o'clock before the embarkation on the Thalassa. So we walked a bit around the festival and the harbour. Then we met more people who …

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  • Statsraad Lehmkul

    The Best Two Weeks of my Life!

    Statsraad Lehmkuhl, July 2016

    Antwerp - Lisbon

    – by Windseeker Manon

    The moment right before I began my sailing adventure I had a lot of fears and doubts. I have saved money for so long and I have worked really hard for it. What if I did not like the meals? …

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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.