School Trip & Study Week — Educational Sailing from Amsterdam or Harlingen

Specially for schools, we have developed options for a study week or a day cruise on and around the water. Educational and active. The idea behind such a school outing is to link a sailing week or a day to a range of school subjects. On top of that, there is room for sport and relaxation. As a school you can also book several ships for your classes or groups. You put together the programme yourself and, together with the pupils, take care of the meals aboard. Sample programme — A day of sailing with secondary-school pupils: An overnight stay aboard with a day of sailing on a 40-metre clipper from Amsterdam. The class comes aboard at 09:00. After a welcome talk with safety instructions, we discuss exactly what we are going to do during the day. We sail behind Amsterdam Central Station, straight through all the commuters crossing by ferry. Then on to the Oranjesluizen locks, with an explanation of the function and workings of the locks and the waterways. After passing the Schellingwouderbrug bridge, the sails can finally go up. We explain the interplay of winches, ropes and pulleys, and how two people can hoist a sail of 180 m². How the sails work is explained using Bernoulli's principle. We also spend time on the Pythagorean theorem and how we use it aboard. Meanwhile we sail past Durgerdam, IJburg, Vuurtoreneiland (lighthouse island), Uitdam, Pampus and Muiden — all places of great historical value.