- The Tall Ships Races
- Tall Ships Races 2012
- INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
- Wylde Swan / Youth in action 2012
- Bark Europa / Youth in Action 2012
- Lord Nelson / Youth in Action 2012
- Pelican of London / Youth in Action 2012
- Gulden Leeuw / Youth in Action 2012
- 3 Sea Sisters Exchange / Youth in Action 2012
- EXPEDITIONS
- DELIVERIES
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Help with funding
- Duke of Edinburgh Award
- IB - Creativity, Action, Service (CAS)
Wind in your back, sun in your face! 2009 Astrid International Exchange
The Astrid has a reputation of being fast and has several number one rankings on its name. This edition the crew will team up again to achieve the best results. 22 people can board this vessel.Sponsorship
This trip is sponsored by the European organisation ‘Tall Ships Youth Trust.’ Therefore we can offer you a reduced price of € 725 instead of € 1260. This includes full board and excludes transportation from and to the ports and drinks at the bar.
Leg 1
Race 1 and first part Cruise in Company:
Gdynia (Poland) – St. Petersburg (Russia) - Kotka (Finland)
4 July – 18 July 2009
Age 15-25 years
Open for all nationalities
Download more information about this special exchange programme Leg 1 (PDF)
Leg 2
Race 2 and second part of Cruise in Company:
Kotka (Finland) - Turku (Finland) - Klaipeda (Lithuania)
18 July - 2 August
Age 15-25 years
Open for all Nationalities
Download more information about Leg 2 (PDF)
News
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.