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Horta (Azores) (PT) - St. Helier (FR)

13 April - 26 April 2016

13 days, Eye of the Wind

From € 1300,-

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Normal price: € 1300,-

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Eye of the Wind:
Horta (Azores) (PT) - St. Helier (FR)

13 April - 26 April 2016

Come on board of Eye of the Wind. This Journey will participate the second leg of the big Atlantic crossing. You will start and finish at two exotic and attractive harbours. On your way sailing to Jersey, which is the homeport of Eye of the Wind – you will have a good change to see whales and dolphins.

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Key points

  • Dates: 13 April 2016 - 26 April 2016
  • Embarkation: 19:00 / Disembarkation: 10:00
  • No sailing experience required!
  • Official language on board: English
  • Price includes: accommodation and meals, excludes drinks at the bar
  • Price excludes transportation costs to-and from the ports. Our travel counsellor can advise you and book your transfers
  • Windseekers need to have a health insurance and a travel insurance
  • "If you believe and push yourself there is nothing you can't do."

    Tan (17), Turkey

You sail on the Eye of the Wind

Shipping type: Brigantine
Homeport: Jersey
Date built: 1911
Trainees: 12
Length: 40.23m
Height of mast: 26,30 m
Sail: 750 m2

More than 100 years ago a sailing legend came to life: in 1911, the German Lühring shipyard built a gaff schooner named Friedrich. In 1955 she ran aground in a heavy strom off the Swedish west coast. The wreck was …

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Windseeker logs

  • Arrival at Mindelo, Sao Vicente

    Europa

    Mindelo, Sao Vicente

    – by Windseeker Jules

    All the things to do: maintenance on board, going for a walk down town, having a beach day, taking a taxi around the island, exploring neighbouring islands by ferry, going out to eat and drink... A jolly good time it was …

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  • Sustainable sailing: plastic research in 2023

    Gulden Leeuw, Thalassa, July 2023

    – by Maarten Erich, The Ocean Movement

    The Ocean Movement Foundation We are on a mission to stop plastic pollution from ending up in our ocean. With the Manta trawl, we are gathering data on microplastic pollution in the waters that we sail in. Together with the trainees …

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