- The Tall Ships Races
- Tall Ships Races 2012
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- 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
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Wylde Swan / Youth in Action 2011 - race 2 & 3
Join the Wylde Swan for this adventurous journey from Lerwick (UK) to Stavanger (Norway) in Race 2 and from there racing in race 3 to Halmstad. You will sail on board this impressive Dutch rebuild vessel with young people from 7 different European countries: Belgium or Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal and UK.Together you’ll set sails and get a taste of life at sea. Besides the sailing you will join a special Intercultural program on board with International games, International cooking and European song festival. Meet people from other cultures, enjoy the differences and see the familiarities between the countries. You will make friends for the rest of your life.
Sponsorship
This trip is sponsored by the European organisations ‘Youth in Action’ . Therefore we can offer you a reduced price. 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
Lwerwick (UK) Race 2 - Stavanger (Norway) Race 3 - Halmstad (Sweden)
22nd July - 7th august 2011, 17 days
Open for the ages 18-25 years (minimum age 15 years)
For people from: Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Noway, Netherlands, Portugal and UK.
Read more about what you can expect in the voyage outline!
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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.