Stad Amsterdam

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Sailing Holidays on board the Clipper

Are you a true sailing fan and dreaming about a holiday on board the Clipper Stad Amsterdam? We organise adventurous sailing holidays and luxury sailing cruises. In April and December we cross the Atlantic Ocean.

In October the Clipper headed south again and guests joined and will be joining our crew on adventurous sailing trips and luxury cruises this winter. Even with very little or no 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 sailed to Las Palmas from Portugal crossing the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in the Caribbean in mid-December. A Christmas & New Year cruise has been successfully completed in December/January followed by a luxury sailing cruise at the British Virgin Islands in February 2022. Following the luxury cruise season, the Clipper departed for the United States for a business program in Miami and Baltimore.

We sailed to Sardinia in May and will sail from Ibiza to Brest in July. More information about our autumn and winter sailing trips to IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Ostend, Hamburg, Las Palmas, and Sint Maarten will be available soon.

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Las Palmas

From Ibiza to Brest

July 19 - 31, 2022

On Tuesday July 19th this sailing adventure starts from Ibiza, along the Spanish coast, through the Strait of Gibraltar, then across the Atlantic Ocean to the north until finally arriving at the western tip of Brittany, in France.

We will be sailing about 1350 nautical miles in 12 days, which provides plenty of time to familiarize you with all the aspects of sailing a square-rigged ship. You are more than welcome to join this adventure!

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by Fleur Nooteboom

From Ostend to Hamburg

October 4- 9, 2022

On this short sailing trip the Clipper will sail on the North Sea from Ostend, along the Belgium & Dutch coast to the Elbe river, one of the most important rivers in Central Europe, to Germany's well-known harbor city Hamburg.

Experience the thrill of sailing on a nineteenth-century clipper.

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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