Stad Amsterdam

Your sailing adventure starts right here!

 

The Clipper in Amsterdam

The Clipper is moored at the Dutch national maritime museum in Amsterdam this summer at the exact same location as where she was completed in the period 1998-2000. You are more than welcome to visit us there!

Sailing Holidays on board the Clipper

Are you a true sailing fan and are you dreaming about a sailing holiday on board the Clipper Stad Amsterdam? We organise adventurous sailing holidays, luxury sailing cruises, city sailing trips and in April and December, we sail across the Atlantic Ocean.

We like to invite you to sail with us again. Even when you have very little sailing experience a voyage on the Clipper is a perfect opportunity to learn about life at sea and sailing on board a tall ship. 
We will sail from IJmuiden to Hamburg at the end of August after a stay in The Netherlands for almost two years. You are most welcome to join our crew for the voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam a few days later as well. In October the Clipper will head south again and we like to invite you to the 7-day adventurous sailing trip from Ostend to Bordeaux.

There are advanced plans to sail to Las Palmas and the Caribbean at the end of this year. A Christmas & New Year cruise is scheduled for December, which will be followed by a series of luxury sailing cruises in January and February 2022. When more information becomes available, we will inform you as soon as possible.

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Ostend

IJmuiden - Hamburg

August 26 - 29, 2021

This short sailing trip is a wonderful opportunity to experience the Clipper from up close and full action! In two days you will sail from IJmuiden to Hamburg.

This will be the first sailing trip with guests since October 2019. After 8 months of maintenance and a long stay at the maritime museum in Amsterdam, the crew is looking forward to this day. Will you join them on this "first" voyage?

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Ostend

Hamburg - Rotterdam

September 4 - 8, 2021

You will leave Hamburg on one of the most important rivers in Central Europe, the Elbe, on this sailing trip. Then onto the North Sea where the actual sailing begins. The Clipper with its length of 76 meters, 31 sails and a total sail area of 2200 m2 will amaze you! After some 4 days and more than 300 nautical miles, this journey will end on arrival at Europe's largest port of Rotterdam

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Ostend

Ostend - Bordeaux

October 1 - 8, 2021

Heading south in October!
Embark on the Clipper Stad Amsterdam and experience a unique sailing holiday. You will learn the ins and outs of sailing on a three-masted tallship on this voyage to Bordeaux. Admire the wonderful view from the deck and experience what it feels like to have the wind through your hair while you climb the mast all the way to the top!

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Atlantic crossings

In April and December, we sail across the Atlantic. In the summer, the Clipper Stad Amsterdam sets sail from the Mediterranean, via the Bay of Biscay and the North Sea, to her home port of IJmuiden, close to Amsterdam.

Two of our guests wrote a travel story about their trip on the Clipper Stad Amsterdam, find the links below:  

Mr. Jacob: A letter to the Clipper Stad Amsterdam 

Mr. Chipperfield: So this is real sailing

City trips

Are you joining us simply to experience the beauty of a clipper at sea? That’s fine too! You can relax in any way you choose, with a good book on the rear deck or in the long room, for example. Our hospitality crew is always on hand to help. All options, no obligations!

 

Join our crew

The crew works in three shift watches. There’s a red watch (midday to four PM and midnight to four AM), a white watch (four to eight PM and AM) and a blue watch (eight PM to midnight and eight AM to midday). You can indicate your preference for a particular watch.

Under the supervision of the helmsman, you will join the quartermaster and a party of two (or more) crew.

Our crew will be happy to teach you the basics of sailing on a squarerigged three-master and explain the various sailing manoeuvres and the names of the sails and rigging.

 

Meals and accomodation

Meals are taken together with the crew in the clipper’s longroom and the captain offers regular updates on the ship’s progress, informing you of how many sea miles are left to sail and other nautical points of interest.


There are 14 cabins available for 1, 2 or 3 passengers.

Travel stories

The endless space at sea, the rhythm of red, white and blue watch duty, the dolphins swimming along the side, sometimes even whales to see ... it will make you forget everyday life. Two guests joining on an adventurous crossing earlier like to share their experience with you! 


Travel stories from two of our guests about the Atlantic Ocean crossing on the Clipper Stad Amsterdam:

Mr De Waart: Sail training voyage on the Stad Amsterdam
Mr Jacob: A letter to the Clipper Stad Amsterdam 
Mr Chipperfield: So this is real sailing

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