Tall Ship Eye of the Wind to take a trainee for a Caribbean Island Tour
by Caribbean Sail Training 5 Nov 2022 07:59 PDT
The non-profit Association Caribbean Sail Training announced today that they are offering a six week sail training adventure on one of their member vessels, the Eye of the Wind.
Captain Moritz contacted CST with the offer to take a trainee from Martinique to the Virgin Islands with stops at several Islands in between.
The sail training experience will start upon embarkation on January 13, 2023 in Martinique and end in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands, on February 10, 2023.
- The minimum age to apply for this sailing experience is 18 Years. All costs on board are covered.
- Not covered are any sort of travel expenses to join or leave the vessel.
- Upon arrival in the British Virgin Islands the trainee will have to show an outbound airline ticket in order to leave the BVI to immigration.
- The trainee can be from any Caribbean Island but should speak minimum basic English and be willing to join the crew in all the works.
- The Eye of the Wind has usually four trainees on board.
- They work together with the deckhands, do sail handling, navigation, helping in the galley etc.
The Eye of the Wind is a Brigantine Two Mast vessel build in 1911 as a Topsail Schooner and restored and upgraded over the years. She is equipped with the latest technology and electronics for navigation and comfort. To preserve her character as a traditional tall ship, they went about the planning and upgrading in a very conscientious manner. The use of teak, precious woods, brass and other high-quality materials on the inner deck give the ship its distinctive atmosphere. A sail control system was deliberately omitted. To this day, the sails with a total area of around 750 square metres are raised and lowered by sheer muscle power.
As announced a while ago, the STV EENDRACHT offers also trainee trips in cooperation with Caribbean Sail Training.
Two trainees are already signed up and space for two others is still available on the Eendracht Voyage to the Virgin Islands
9 Nights | 01/02/23 - 10/02/23.
Minimum age is 16 years old.
Embarkation: St Martin Marigot, Wednesday 1 februari 2023, 16:00u (Boarding 15:45u / 16:00u)
Debarkation: St Martin, Marigot - Friday 10 februari 2023, 12:00u
The sail training trip on the Eendracht is made possible with additional and much appreciated co-sponsoring from a young Dutch girl, Emma Boer, who herself sailed on board the stv. Wylde Swan (another long time CST member vessel).
Emma organized a sponsoring drive for herself to help offset the costs of sailing on Wylde Swan as a trainee student last year and in addition to the money that she collected for her trip she organized an other collection of money for a good cause which she wanted to donate to a Caribbean nonprofit organization.
While sailing on the Wylde Swan she spoke with the Wylde Swan's Captain Richard Slootweg, who explained to her what Caribbean Sail Training was doing already for many years and she decided to donate that money to CST so that other youngsters could also experience what she did on Wylde Swan.
Candidates for the sail training trips are requested to send an application asap to: