Thalassa

Go to bookings and prices Race in style. The Baltic is the Thalassa's home ground, but this ship is more than capable to sail every imaginable sea. This 3-masted vessel is super strong and seaworthy and can sail up to 13 knots. Besides that, this barkentine is also a real eye-catcher with a total of 14 sails, adding up to a grand total of 800 square meters.




Accommodation

This vessel is rigged according to century-old traditions, but equipped according to the latest safety-regulations and comfort. This results in a nice comfortable ship with a cosy saloon, a reading corner, a well equipped galley and a spacious bar where you can have a drink. You sleep in luxurious two-person cabins (18), each fitted with a private shower and wash basin. The lavatories (9) are communal. In total, 36 trainees can board the Thalassa.
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Specifications

Shipping type: Driemast Barkentijn
Homeport: Harlingen
Date built: 1980
Restored: 1995
Crew: 4
Capacity: 36 pers.
Daytrips: 120 pers.
Length: 47 m
Draught: 3,9 m
Sail: 800 m2
Displacement: 430 t
Height of mast: 35 m
Engine capacity: 720 PK

History

The barkentine Thalassa was built and rigged in traditional manner in 1961. The foremast is square-rigged and the large mast and mizzenmast are gaff rigged . The Baltic is the Thallasa%u2019s home ground, but the ship can sail worldwide, because of the seaworthy construction.
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Blog Bark Europa 30 January 2012

Not just yet
30-01-2012 10:00

The gloomy mood of our first mile on the way to `The Battle of DrakeŽ is suddenly interrupted when Klaas yells out `Whale off the starboard bow!”

All the crew reacts promptly and even de masts bend over to starboard to see what’s going on. The goodbye-to-Antarctica sadness prompts everybody to feast their eyes on this last antarctic treat.

Somebody somewhere must have thrown a small fortune in the whale-machine. We get to see four whales playing together in a quarter of a mile circle around Europa. Every lack of a diving whale tail in any camera is made good.

The four are toying with us: disappearing and surface right next to our ship, swim under the ship from port to starboard, wave a white fin at us, demonstrate skills in backstroke… Antarctica does not let us go yet.

A ship full of people applauds the whale-show and is two bits less sad for the moment.

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