Dutch Tall Ships

18/12/2020

We’re just a couple of days from the ‘Under the Midnight Sun’ live concert, featuring IAATO member expedition musicians!

RSVP to this special event and set a reminder here: https://bit.ly/RSVP_UnderTheMidnightSun

This free, live concert will start at 19:00 UTC this Sunday, December 20 on the Antarctic Ambassadors page.

The wait is almost over... JUST 3 DAYS TO GO!

If you haven't yet RSVP-d for our Under the Midnight Sun live concert, set a reminder here: https://bit.ly/RSVP_UnderTheMidnightSun

This free, live event will start at 19:00 UTC this Sunday right here on the Antarctic Ambassadors page 🇦🇶

Don’t keep this event to yourself - please spread the word by sharing our post or tagging your friends in the comments. The more the merrier 💙

23/06/2020

In 1 week time Tecla will set sail for Iceland! Our first voyage in Iceland will start on the 11th of July until the 18th of July, when we arrive in Isafjordur, North West corner of Iceland. Isafjordur is opposite of an amazing sailing ground called Hornstrandir Nature Reserve. If we have time we will visit at least one of the fjords of Hornstrandir.
More info: http://www.tecla-sailing.com/reykjavik-isafjodur/

The second week focuses on Hornstrandir and will start on the 19th of July until the 26th of July. Hornstrandir is a uninhabited nature reserve, but for a few people who stay there in summertime as a holiday or as nature guides or biologists. We will go for amazing hikes, see waterfalls, ice lakes, Arctic foxes, many arctic birds and catch a few glimpses of whales in the main fjord and not have to meet anybody for days! https://www.tecla-sailing.com/hornstrandir-isafjordur/

Covid-19?
Slowly Iceland has been opening up her borders, since the 15th of June, the borders are open for all EU/Schengen countries, with a demand of taking a corona test upon arrival and self quarantining for 24 hours, until the test results are in. You can find all information on www.covid.is
On board we will keep to a set of hygiene rules which are developed and approved for our traditional vessels

19/06/2020

For our Dutch followers:

Vanavond bij Op1: Na een rondreis langs Antarctica kwamen de Nederlandse kapitein Eric Kesteloo en zijn bemanning in Argentinië plotseling in de problemen. Door de coronacrisis konden ze geen kant meer op. Daarom besloten ze om met het schip in 81 dagen 17.500 kilometer non-stop naar huis te varen. Na een reis van het koudste gedeelte van de wereld kwamen ze, via tropische temperaturen op de Atlantische Oceaan, deze week aan in de haven van Scheveningen. Kapitein Eric Kesteloo zit bij ons aan tafel, samen met scheepsarts Sanne Muller en kok Gjalt Gaastra.

05/06/2020

WELCOME HOME TECLA!

For the past 14 months, the Tecla and her crew have circumnavigated the American continent. She left on April 12, 2019 and on September 16 she announced her first major milestone of this voyage, making her way through the North West Passage. As the 312th ship, she has found her way through the ice since the first ship (roughly the same size as the Tecla) found its way through this insanely impressive area in 1906, under the direction of Roald Amundsen.

After this passage, another great challenge lay ahead. A trip of over 6000NM to the Galapagos Islands. From there to Easter Island and a round of Cape Horn that was completed in 28 days. A second successful Cape Horn rounding.

After the first 28-day visit to Antarctica, the journey continued with a 55-day trip through South Georgia, to South Africa, Cape Town. This trip started on February 2. The first reports about the spread of the COVID-19 virus already started to emerge. However, the impact that the virus would have on the world 55 days later was unprecedented.

The Tecla arrived in Cape Town 4 days after the stringent South African lockdown. This meant for the crew and guests of the Tecla that they were not allowed to enter the country. After a lot of pressure from embassies and a lot of help from BBZ, RBG and friends at home, we finally got permission to fly our guests home after 3 weeks. However, no new crew was allowed on board, so the old crew had to continue on board to the next destination.

Now, with more than 7,000 NM under their belt, a short stop for fresh food and diesel in the Azores, and no permission for crew / guest changes at Horta, they arrive in Den Helder, Willemsoord on Friday morning.

11/03/2020

CAPTIVATED BY THE BAY
Praised, notorious, feared. The Bay of Biscay has many faces, but the beauty of this area is a well-kept secret. Are you joining us?

https://www.dutchtallships.com/voyages/voyage/pasaia-rotterdam

27/02/2020

Due to the amount of ice accumulating at the mouth of the fjord, Scoresbysund is only accessible for limited time every year during summer. Tecla will be sailing there twice this summer departing from Iceland. Two bucket list destinations packed in one voyage.

For more info: https://www.dutchtallships.com/voyages/voyage/isafjordur-isafjordur-2020

22/02/2020

Despite the new technology, on board of a ship today maps are still relevant.

Ancient mapmakers were terrified of blank spaces and filled the spaces with scary sea monsters. Nowadays, we are not afraid anymore of the blank spaces, and we can also check our route and position on the board computer.

We found this fascinating article and thought it is nice to share it with all who are interested in maps. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/maps-history-horror-vacui-art-cartography-blank-spaces/

Inventing cities, mountains, and monsters to fill the empty spaces on maps is a centuries-old tradition in cartography.

21/02/2020

Having fun with the sloop in the bay of Tarrafal, Cape Verde 😊

18/02/2020

King Penguin with Tecla anchored at Antarctica in background by Jonathan Poblete.

16/02/2020

Today Tall Ship Oosterschelde starts her last trip of the season in Cape Verde, but no worries we will be back! Schedule 2020-2021 is online now on www.dutchtallships.com.

Video: Matthew Payne

The Cape Verde experiance by Tall Ship Oosterschelde. Mountains, Deserts, Rugged Coast Lines, Ship Wrecks, Volcanoes, Sandy Beaches and Turquoise Lagoons. Se...

14/02/2020

Update by Sarah on board Bark Europa: "There is a constant coming and going of penguins, up and down the long highways. The bay is filled with ice, our ship suddenly small between the glaciers and the enormous icebergs. It is late summer, a lot of the snow has melted and the algae that grow under the snow have come to the
surface. We are no longer in a white world, no, the snow is more colorful than one could imagine. Red and green and yellow, the ice blue, turquoise and bright."

07/02/2020

Want to get a taste of the North West Passage?

This unique voyage with Tecla will take you from Ilulissat, Greenland to Canada and back to Greenland in little over 3 weeks.

For more info: https://www.dutchtallships.com/voyages/voyage/ilulissat-beechey-island-nuuk

30/01/2020

When it is just you, your fellow crew members and the endless ocean.. oh wait and all the sea and bird life 😍

28/01/2020

Explore Cape Verde with Tall Ship Oosterschelde! Six islands, all very different and unique.

Sail and explore!




Photo: Sandra Binzegger

26/01/2020

Traveling from Cape Town to the Azores is a true Ocean adventure. A voyage of 54 days with over 5000 miles, crossing the equator, possibly visiting St Helena and Ascension Island before finishing the voyage on an island group in the middle of an ocean, the Azores. Oh and not to forget: sunsets like these 😍

More info: https://www.dutchtallships.com/voyages/voyage/ocean-sailing-cape-town-azores

24/01/2020

In for a long and challenging voyage from Cape Verde to the Mediterranean? You can still hop on Tall Ship Oosterschelde at the end of February for a month on the water.

Embarkation: 29 February, Palmeira, Sal
Disembarkation: 29 March, Mataró, Spain (30km north of Barcelona)
Price from: € 2500
More info: [email protected]

22/01/2020

Antarctica is even prettier when there the sun shines 😍

Photos: Richard Simko
Bark Europa

16/01/2020

Working on putting the sailing schedule of the Tecla online! Keep an eye on our website for some exciting new trips :)

www.dutchtallships.com

09/01/2020

For our Dutch followers: Heeft u nog geen plannen voor aankomend weekend? Zin om reisinspiratie op te doen? Kom dan naar de Vakantiebeurs voor Bijzondere Reizen in Amsterdam!

zaterdag 11 januari: 11:00 – 18:30 uur
zondag 12 januari: 10:00 – 18:00 uur
Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam

We hebben een aantal vrijkaarten om weg te geven. Interesse stuur een mail naar [email protected]

Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam
Amsterdamse Vakantiebeurs voor bijzondere reizen
Vakantiebeurs voor Bijzondere Reizen

31/12/2019

So proud!! Cheers to Jet an her crew for rounding Cape Horn!

30/12/2019

Lord Howe Island according to Lonely Planet: "Rising from the Pacific a remote 600km from the NSW mainland, little Lord Howe's tropical, World Heritage–listed beauty is surprisingly under the radar given the jaw-dropping spectacle of this former volcano. It looks like a Bond villain's lair, with two lofty mountains overlooking an idyllic lagoon, perfect crescents of beach and a verdant interior criss-crossed with walking trails."

I guess you can understand why we have to go there now. On our way from Brisbane to Hobart the Bark Europa will make a stop here.

https://www.dutchtallships.com/voyages/voyage/brisbane-hobart

Photo: Lonely Planet

23/12/2019

Update Tecla RIDING THE WAVES
We were getting somewhat tired of the waves rocking us side to side, us working hard at the helm to keep the sails full, and downstairs working hard to make sure nothing falls down and nobody slides off their seats. So this afternoon we gybed and made East. The gybe was our first gybe and although the waves always make it hard to do it calmly, this was actually a very nice controlled gybe! With sails out on starboard we soon sped off and noticed the significant change in the ships reaction to the waves! Instead of fighting them, she seemed to be riding them! They were almost straight on our stern and we were just surfing down the waves with 7 to 8 knots heading even a little south of east.

21/12/2019

LAST MINUTE OPPORTUNITY
Join Bark Europa on her next Antarctica adventure!
Due to a cancellation we have 2 places available on our next 22-day Antarctica expedition, departure on January 9, 2020

For more information and details e-mails us at [email protected].

Photo: Sarah Gerats

20/12/2019

Tall Ship Oosterschelde arrived in Cape Verde yesterday. Preparations for our 6 trips are in full swing. It is still possible to join and escape winter.

Video: Matthew Payne Adventurer - Filmmaker

Amazing Cape Verde Adventure. Sail around the Cape verde islands by classic three masted top sail Schooner tall ship Oosterschelde and see the Magnificent Is...

14/12/2019

Just uploaded some new trips of Tecla. Sail from Greenland to Iceland and combine the beauty of these areas AND some great sailing along the way!

https://bit.ly/2rBba6b

13/12/2019

Via the impressive Chilean Channels Bark Europa will explore Southern Chile and its snowcapped fjords and glaciers on our way to Puerto Natales.

Photo: Debbie Purser

12/12/2019

Update Cape Horn voyage by Captain Jet: " What a perfect day this turned out to be! We sailed out of a frontal passage, had a bit of rain until 05:00h and then the skies cleared. We were expecting the wind to decrease to about 8 knots and turn to the south west. The last time it did that, we had to start the engine as the wind was to weak to keep the sails full, and we would get stuck in an area of no wind for days.. So we were sort of expecting it to do this again, in our heads we had not started the 3000 NM uninterrupted sailing miles for our cape horn voyage. But as the wind slowly decreased, so did the waves.. And with the smallest breeze and the biggest jib up front, we have been sailing through the day with a speed of 5 to 6 knots, enjoying blue skies with fluffy clouds, a cool breeze and a warm sun."

11/12/2019

All you Aussie out there: remember the warm welcome you gave us in 2013? In 2020 one of our Dutch Tall Ships is returning to Australia. Are you joining us?

Brisbane-Hobart (27 July - 17 August 2020)
Hobart-Melbourne (19-26 August 2020)
Melbourne-Hobart (27 August - 3 September 2020)

For more info: www.dutchtallships.com
Photo: Wayne Butterworth, Melbourne 2013
Europa

10/12/2019

Update @ [93710567719:274:Tecla]: "We have left Easter Island behind us and are bound for Cape Horn. We left on a perfectly sunny, pacific weather day. Most of us got sun burned as most of us are from the Northern Hemisphere where it is winter right now. This night watch I am still on flip flops and most of those on deck are not wearing more then pants and a sweatshirt. It’s a very nice start of this voyage!"

09/12/2019

Short stopover for Tall Ship Oosterschelde at Porto Santo east of Madeira.