Pioneers of the Baltic - 2009 NIET WEG

Pioneers of the Baltic - 2009 - Morgenster International Exchange

Aboard the 49 metres long two-mast vessel the Morgenster you can join in Youth in Action At Sea, an exchange programme for 36 youngsters from eight different nationalities. You sail together with young people from Finland, Lithuania, Greece, Sweden,The Netherlands, Italy, France and the Czech Republic. This exchange has been accepted within the Tall Ships’ Races in close collaboration with Sail Training Associations of the participating countries. The passionate crew strives for a fast finish, so you’d better roll up your sleeves. You start with the second part of the Cruise in Company before you start Race 2. In Turlu you have plenty of time to visit the town, other vessels and make international friends for life.

Sponsorship
This trip is sponsored by the European organisations ‘Youth in Action’ and ‘Tall Ships Youth Trust.’ Therefore we can offer you a reduced price of € 595 instead of € 900. This includes full board and excludes transportation from and to the ports and drinks at the bar. In addition, 70% of transportation is being paid for, so you only have to pay 30% of this amount.

Leg
Second part Cruise in Copmany and Race 2:
Helsinki (Finland) – Turku (Finland) - Klaipeda (Lithuania)
18 July- 2 August 2009
For people from Finland, Lithuania, Greece, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy and Czech

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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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