Week 1: Rotterdam – Brest For six weeks, sailing on a tall ship with strangers, with no prior experience. Eating, sleeping, and learning to sail together. That’s what we chose. Would it turn out to be the best experience of our lives or just one big chaos? The journey began with a bang: strong winds
Week 2: Brest to Lisbon (07–11 November 2021) 08 November 2021 – by Sanne, Red Watch Today was the day. After a day and a half in Brest, we set our course for Lisbon. The morning began with mist and rain. My first watch of the week ran from 08:00 to 12:00. We were joined
Are You Joining the Eendracht? On November 17, an email popped up in my inbox: Do you want to go island hopping around the Canary Islands during the holidays? From Portugal, I flew to Spain to join the Eendracht in Gran Canaria. Onward to Gran Canaria From Faro, I traveled to Seville, one of the
Friday, January 7 – Day and Night Watch Report on Board Last night, we had the watch from midnight to 4:00 AM. The temperature was around 18°C, which isn’t really cold, but the wind was strong, so we had to bundle up. You could say the night wind was quite fierce—we were even briefly tossed
After La Gomera the wind finally picks up, and we can sail with the Eendracht! Celebrating New Year’s Eve (almost) on Tenerife – a travel report. During the Christmas holidays of 2021, I had the chance to go island hopping around the Canary Islands for two weeks aboard the sailing ship Eendracht. In the first
Easter Sailing Weekend, Friday April 15 – Sunday April 17, 2022 Jaski Fonds I am so grateful to my mom for contacting the Jaski Fund after she learned that the sailing foster camp couldn’t take place this year. I am even more grateful to the Jaski Fund itself! They were so sorry I couldn’t join
Day Trip April 30 – Scheveningen Finally, the day had arrived: on Saturday, April 30, the teenagers from Anderscoachen got to spend a day aboard the Eendracht, sailing on the North Sea. Four enthusiastic teens (Gijs, Milou, Fien, and Juune) joined along with their supervisors. Everyone was curious to see who would show they really
Active Sailing Trip from Rotterdam to Varberg Around 11:30, our watch—the red watch—was nudged awake, and within half an hour we were expected on the outer deck. It was our turn for the “dog watch,” and it promised to be an adventurous shift. In June 2022, I boarded the sailing ship Eendracht, and we set
Life on Board During the Tall Ships’ Race 28 July White WatchToday marked the start of the race. We had the 4 to 8 watch, and the plan was to hoist the sails during our shift, but unfortunately, there was no wind at all. We waited for it, enjoying a beautiful sunrise, taking plenty of
Sailing on the Eendracht: From Varberg (Sweden) to Esbjerg (Denmark) | Junior van der Berg & Cheryl Everlo After a long journey, mostly spent waiting at the airports in Düsseldorf and Hamburg, we finally arrived at the station by train. A ten-minute walk later, there she was, moored in a beautiful spot in the harbor