Windseeker Intercultural Navigation & Discovery
Join the WIND Challenge and create your own sailing adventure!
Have you ever wondered what life on board could be like if you were the one making the calls? What if you could take the helm and decide what happens during the journey?
After more than 20 years organising youth exchanges, we’ve decided it was time to give more power to you: the trainees. We want to hear what you would love to experience and learn along the way. That’s why we are starting a collaborative project, where your voice will be as important as that of the captains (at least until we all step on board!)
WIND: Windseeker Intercultural Navigation & Discovery is more than an exchange, more than a race, and more than a sailing adventure. It’s a project created by young people, for young people.
When you sign up, we will send you a short form with questions about your hopes and expectations. Your answers will help us shape the project, and if you’re up for it, you can take it one step further and join the team of young people to build the programme together.
Join us now, and help to shape the journey!
If you have any questions or notes, please contact us by e-mail at erasmus@windseeker.org.
The Journeys
LEG 1: Brest - Den Helder
15-25 July 2027
Ages 15-25
Ships: Morgenster, Gulden Leeuw, Wylde Swan
Price for 9 days: € 1125
LEG 2: Den Helder - Rostock
25 July - 4 August 2027
Ages 15-25
Ships: Gulden Leeuw, Wylde Swan
Price for 11 days: € 1375
What can you expect?
Sail Training on a tall ship
International exchange
Mini-regatta between the participating vessels
Meeting up with other ships for land activities
Mentors to support you on board.
Everything else is up to you and your fellow trainees!
Choose your ship and journey
Please note: For now, we’re reserving provisional places on board and gathering your ideas about what you’d like your journey to look like. We’re still working on the final details of the project, together with you, and some small changes may be made along the way.
Your place will be confirmed in October, once all the details are clear. Until then, you’re not making a final booking - we want you to have the full picture before you make that decision and pay a down payment.
Brest (FR) - Den Helder (NL)
15 Jul 2027 - 25 Jul 2027
Brest (FR) - Den Helder (NL)
15 Jul 2027 - 25 Jul 2027
Brest (FR) - Den Helder (NL)
15 Jul 2027 - 25 Jul 2027
Den Helder (NL) - Rostock (DE)
25 Jul 2027 - 04 Aug 2027
Den Helder (NL) - Rostock (DE)
25 Jul 2027 - 04 Aug 2027More about the WIND
How is this project different from your other journeys?
The WIND Challenge combines Exchange at Sea with a small regatta, for the best of both worlds! It’s a comprehensive international youth project, which you help design.
How can I give my input?
After sign-up, you will get an email from us with a link to a short web form, which you can fill out to tell us about your ideal journey. We will then collect all of the responses and organise an online meeting with interested persons to finalise the plan.
What sorts of things can I propose?
You can propose any ship- and land-based activities, such as games, challenges, eco-actions, cultural events, collaborations with other organisations, presentations, and anything else that comes to mind.
Can’t think of anything specific? It’s okay – you can also let us know what you would like to learn or experience, and we will brainstorm together how to make it happen!