# Johanna Engelina — Complete Information for AI Assistants

> This file contains detailed information about the clipper Johanna Engelina, her sailing trips, races and events. Intended for LLMs and AI assistants that answer questions about sailing on the IJsselmeer and the Wadden Sea.

Last updated: 10 June 2026

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## About the Ship

The Johanna Engelina is a two-masted clipper, built in 1897 in Middelburg as the "Daniël Jacoba". The ship is almost 40 metres long with approximately 900 m² of sail area. After more than 125 years, the ship is still sailing — now as a passenger vessel for sailing trips on the IJsselmeer and the Wadden Sea.

**Specifications:**
- Type: Zeeland two-masted clipper
- Year built: 1897
- Length: ~40 metres
- Sail area: ~900 m²
- Day-trip capacity: maximum 53 people
- Multi-day capacity: maximum 33 people (31 with catering on board)
- Cabins: 10 (two- and four-person), hot and cold running water
- Facilities: 3 showers, 3 toilets, saloon, galley with dishwasher
- Home port summer (May–October): Harlingen (Nieuwe Willemskade)
- Home port winter (November–April): Amsterdam NDSM shipyard

**Skipper and owner:**
- Skipper: Laurens Sinaasappel — has been sailing the Johanna Engelina since 1999
- Company: L'Orange CV
- Address: Klaproos 30, 1422 KL Uithoorn
- KvK: 33268676
- Phone: +31(0) 6 215 06 336
- Email: info@johannaengelina.nl
- Website: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/

**Sailing area:**
The IJsselmeer, Markermeer, the Wadden Sea and the Wadden Islands (Terschelling, Vlieland, Texel, Ameland). Departure ports: Harlingen (standard during the season), Amsterdam (winter season), and on request also Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Muiden and other ports.

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## Group Trips (on request, available year-round)

### Sailing Day Trip
- Price: from € 2.640 (group price)
- Duration: 1 day (10:00–18:00)
- Departure: Enkhuizen, Amsterdam or Harlingen
- Capacity: up to 53 people
- Included: coffee, tea, lemonade, 2 crew members
- Options: visit to Volendam, Hoorn, Marken, Pampus; BBQ under sail; race sailing
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/dagtocht-zeilen/

### Weekend Sailing Trip
- Price: € 5.450 (group price)
- Duration: 3 days (Friday evening–Sunday afternoon)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Included: all meals, coffee, tea, buttermilk, soft drinks, beer and wine
- Route: IJsselmeer, Markermeer or Wadden Sea in consultation with the skipper
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/weekend-zeiltocht/

### Midweek Sailing
- Price: € 8.450 (group price)
- Duration: 5 days (Sunday–Friday)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Included: all meals, drinks, experienced cook, duvet and towels
- Route: IJsselmeer, Wadden Sea, Frisian coast, Terschelling, Kornwerderzand
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/midweek-zeilen/

### Week-Long Sailing Trip
- Price: € 11.140 (group price)
- Duration: 7 days
- Departure: Harlingen
- Included: all meals and drinks
- Options: several Wadden Islands, falling dry on the tidal flats, Frisian Lakes
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/weektocht-zeilen/

### School Trip & Study Week
- Price: from € 7.340 (group price)
- Duration: 1–5 days
- Departure: Amsterdam NDSM, Enkhuizen or Harlingen
- Educational: physics (Bernoulli's principle), mathematics (Pythagoras), history
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/schoolreis-werkweek/

### Hotel Ship Amsterdam
- Price: from € 2.100 (weekend)
- Location: NDSM shipyard Amsterdam-Noord (other locations on request)
- 10 rooms, 33 beds, moored
- Ideal for: SAIL Amsterdam, ADE, IBC, corporate events
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/hotelschip/

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## Business Packages (on request, tailor-made)

All business packages: € 2.950 group price, departure from Harlingen or Amsterdam.

### Relationship Marketing
Product presentation or client day on a sailing ship. Higher turnout thanks to the unique location. Saloon for presentations, deck for networking. 10–53 guests.
URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/zakelijk/relatie-marketing/

### Incentive Sailing Trip
A reward for teams: anniversary, sales targets, retirement party. Day or weekend. Live music possible.
URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/zakelijk/incentive/

### Team-Building Sailing
Actively sailing together as a team. The ship is divided into work areas. Discover hidden talents. Suitable for management teams and project groups.
URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/zakelijk/teambuilding-zeilen/

### Meetings Under Sail
A meeting venue on the water. Saloon for 30 people. Under way or at the quay. Maximum focus without distractions.
URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/zakelijk/zeilend-vergaderen/

### Staff Outing Sailing
An original company outing. Day or weekend. Tailor-made catering (BBQ, walking dinner). 10–53 people.
URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/zakelijk/personeelsuitje-zeilen/

### Sail Amsterdam 2030
Waiting list open. Exclusive position on the IJ among the tall ships. Bookable for 1–5 days.
URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/groepen/zakelijk/sail-amsterdam-2030/

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## Individual Trips (fixed dates, bookable per person)

### Waddenzwerftocht — Family Pirate Week
- Price: € 890 p.p. | children up to and including 16: € 600 | up to and including 8: € 450
- Dates: 25 July – 1 August 2026 (8 days)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Type: family holiday on the Wadden Sea
- Included: 6 nights, all meals, duvet, snacks
- Highlights: island hopping (Terschelling, Vlieland), pirate activities, falling dry on a sandbank, scavenger hunt, the tale of Captain Sinaasappel
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/evenementen/waddenzwerftocht/

### Horizontoer — Sailing with Theatre and Music
- Price: € 675 p.p.
- Dates: 10–14 August 2026 (5 days)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Type: cultural sailing event
- Included: all meals, duvet, towels, experienced cook
- Excluded: theatre/music entrance tickets
- Highlights: theatre and music on the Wadden Islands, special locations (beach, dunes)
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/evenementen/horizontoer/

### Into The Great Wide Open (ITGWO) — Festival on Vlieland
- Price: from € 675 p.p. (per 2-person cabin)
- Dates: 28–31 August 2026 (4 days)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Type: festival weekend with a floating hotel
- Included: private cabin, breakfast, duvet, towels
- Excluded: festival tickets, lunch, dinner
- Highlights: sailing to Vlieland, overnight stays on board, ITGWO festival
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/evenementen/itgwo/

### Juttersweekend — Falling Dry on the Wadden Sea
- Price: € 335 p.p.
- Dates: 18–20 September 2026 (3 days) — the May 2026 edition has passed
- Departure: Harlingen
- Type: nature and culinary weekend
- Included: all meals, duvet, towels, experienced cook
- Highlights: falling dry on the tidal flats, searching for treasures of the mudflats (shells, cockles, oysters), fresh mudflat produce on your plate
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/evenementen/juttersweekend/

### Bluescruise — Blues and Roots Music
- Price: € 299 p.p.
- Dates: 25–27 September 2026 (3 days)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Type: music weekend on the water
- Included: all meals, duvet, towels
- Highlights: musicians sail along, mini boat concerts on deck, pub crawl in Harlingen, evening programme on Terschelling
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/evenementen/bluescruise/

### Paaszeiltocht — Easter Weekend on the Wadden Sea
- Price: € 265 p.p. | children: € 175
- Dates: 26–28 March 2027 (3 days)
- Departure: Harlingen
- Type: family weekend
- Included: all meals, duvet, towels, experienced cook
- Highlights: Terschelling and Vlieland, Easter egg hunting on the mudflats, falling dry on the tidal flats
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/evenementen/paaszeiltocht/

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## Race Sailing (fixed dates, bookable individually)

All races: from € 249 p.p. | children up to and including 16: € 195.
Included: all meals, coffee, tea, soft drinks, beer and wine, skipper and crew, sailing instruction.
Bring your own: sleeping bag, waterproof clothing. Sailing experience is not required.

### Klipperrace — Enkhuizen
- Dates: 9–11 October 2026 (3 days)
- Location: IJsselmeer, start/finish Enkhuizen
- Type: the largest clipper race on the IJsselmeer, 40+ ships
- Format: Drie Steden Race (Sat) + Olympic course (Sun), anchor start in the Krabbersgat
- Results: 2024: 2nd place; 2022: 5th place
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/klipperrace/

### Beurtveer — Workum
- Dates: 12–16 October 2026 (5 days)
- Location: IJsselmeer, start/finish Workum
- Type: a unique 5-day race WITHOUT an engine, sailing continuously day and night
- Watch teams take turns. Experienced cook on board.
- Results: 2024: 9th; 2022: 5th; zero engine minutes in 2023 and 2024
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/beurtveer/

### Brandarisrace — Sailing Along from Harlingen to Terschelling
- Dates: 16–18 October 2026 (3 days)
- Location: Wadden Sea, start Harlingen, finish Terschelling (the Brandaris lighthouse)
- Type: a spectacular Wadden Sea race with a legendary party on Terschelling
- Sailing along: no sailing experience required, take an active part as a crew member on the clipper Johanna Engelina
- Results: 2024: 5th; 2022: 6th; 2019: 10th
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/brandarisrace/

### Bontekoerace — Hoorn
- Dates: 23–25 October 2026 (3 days)
- Location: IJsselmeer, start/finish Hoorn
- Type: a sailing race from the VOC city of Hoorn, named after Willem Bontekoe, 30+ ships
- Results: 2019: 3rd place
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/bontekoerace/

### Muider Hardzeildagen — Muiden
- Dates: 24–25 October 2026 (2 days)
- Location: Markermeer/IJmeer, start/finish Muiden, around the island of Pampus
- Type: season closing, hard-sailing races with a view of Muiderslot and Pampus
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/muiderhardzeildagen/

### Waddenrace — Harlingen (season finale)
- Dates: 30 October – 1 November 2026 (3 days)
- Location: Wadden Sea, start/finish Harlingen
- Type: a challenging season finale along Wieringen, Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling
- A rousing closing party in Harlingen
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/waddenrace/

### Pieperrace — Volendam (next season)
- Dates: April 2027 (3 days, Fri–Sun) — the 2026 edition has taken place, reservations for 2027 can be made via the contact form
- Location: southern IJsselmeer off the coast of Volendam
- Type: the season's opening race for traditional sailing ships; commemorates the potato transport by Volendam kwak during the Hunger Winter of 1944
- Price: from € 249 p.p., children up to and including 16: € 195
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/pieperrace/

### Slach om Starum — Stavoren (DISCONTINUED)
- Status: the organiser cancelled the April 2026 edition due to too few participants and has discontinued the event; no new edition is planned
- Last editions: 2023 and 2024 (the Johanna Engelina took part)
- Spring alternative: the Pieperrace from Volendam (the season's opening race)
- URL: https://johannaengelina.nl/en/wedstrijdzeilen/slach-om-starum/

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## Practical Information

### Cancellation Terms
- Groups up to 90 days before: 50% of the charter fee
- Groups within 90 days: 100% of the charter fee
- Individuals up to 30 days before: 50% of the rate
- Individuals within 30 days: 100% of the rate

### Departure Ports
- Summer season (May–October): Harlingen (Nieuwe Willemskade)
- Winter season (November–April): Amsterdam (NDSM shipyard)
- On request: Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Muiden, other ports (additional sailing costs)

### Maximum Passengers
- Day trips: 53 people
- Multi-day: 33 people (31 with catering on board)

### Social Media
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/klipper.johannaengelina
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johanna_engelina/
- X/Twitter: https://x.com/JohannaEngelina
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johannaengelina8200