Herrings, Heroes and History - 2009 NIET WEG

Herrings, Heroes and History - 2009 - Gallant International Exchange

Aboard the renovated vessel the Gallant, At Sea Sail Training organises a special International Exchange. 18 participants from different nationalities can participate in the leg from Kotka to Turku during de second part of the Cruise in Company.
Having fun during Sail Turku and afterwards sail the Race to Klaipeda.

Sponsorship
This trip is sponsored by the European organisation ‘Tall Ships Youth Trust.’ Therefore we can offer you a reduced price of € 625 instead of € 1120. This includes full board and excludes transportation from and to the ports and drinks at the bar.

Leg
2nd part Cruise in Company and Race 2:
Helsinki (Filand) - Turku (Finland) - Klaipeda (Lithuania)
18 July - 2 August 2009
Age 15-25 years
Open for all nationalities

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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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