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

Port Stanley, Falklands (FK) - St Helena (SH) - Horta, Azores (PT)

25 February 2027 - 20 April 0027

0 day, Tecla

From € 7425,-

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Expedition Oceancrossing

15-25 years: € 7425,-
26+: € 8250,-

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Tecla:
Port Stanley, Falklands (FK) - St Helena (SH) - Horta, Azores (PT)

25 February 2027 - 20 April 0027

From Falklands to the Azores – a true ocean adventure! Set sail from the Falkland Islands on a northbound voyage across 7000 nautical miles over the Atlantic. Visit the remote island of St Helena, a legendary outpost in the middle of the ocean. Then continue north across the Equator, joining Neptune’s court and celebrating the timeless seafarer’s rite of passage. Cross the Doldrums, entering the North Atlantic trades, the Azores slowly come within view: the lush volcanic islands rising from the blue. Making landfall in Horta, Faial you’ll have completed a bucket-list-worthy adventure! This voyage is about endurance, simplicity, and connection. Are you ready to experience it?
Open for all Windseekers, minimum age 15 years.

Ports

Horta is situated in the western part of the Archipelago of the Azores on the island of Faial. The marina is a primary stop for yachts crossing the Atlantic. Its walls and walkways are covered in paintings created by the crews of visiting ships. Peter’s Cafe Sport, located across from the marina, houses the island’s scrimshaw museum. A collection of artefacts carved from whale tooth and jawbone. This café is a point of reference for trans-Atlantic yachtsmen and sailors.

  • Horta, Azores (PT)

Key points

  • Dates: 25 February 2027 - 20 April 27
  • Embarkation: 18:00 / Disembarkation: 10:00
  • For Windseekers of all ages, minimum age 15 years
  • Windseekers joining: maximum 16
  • 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
  • This booking is covered by EOC Verzekeringsadvies BV (instead of Windseeker's usual STO Garant).
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance
  • All bedding and towels are provided on board

  • "I have met new people, been up in the mast, seen indescribable sunsets and laughed a lot. Learning how to sail a ship has been the coolest thing I have done so far and I have confidence in what I do now."

    Annette (18), Denmark

You sail on the Tecla

Tecla
Shipping type: Ketch
Homeport: Winkel (NL)
Date built: 1915
Trainees: 16
Length: 38
Height of mast: 23
Sail: 380m2

One of the most splendid traditional sailing ships. This solid, authentic-rigged ship is not only one of the most beautiful herring loggers, but also a very good sailor. Tecla has won several prizes during the Tall Ships Races and Regattas. …

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Windseeker logs

  • Sailing Ship in the Tropics

    Anne Margeretha

    Tropics

    – by Annet

    Sometimes you have afternoons which are exactly how you thought they would be on a sailing ship in the tropes: the sun just right above your head, a cool breeze in the front, lightly cracking sails and murmuring waves… You are …

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  • We are all Adventurers

    Bark Europa

    Antartica

    – by Windseeker Robin

    We are all adventurers... each of us in our own way. For some... it's facing the sea-sickness of rolling swells and books that move across the table on their own. Or climbing the mast all the way to the top, …

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Photos

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This Journey is not covered by the STO Garant guarantee.