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TALL-SHIP FRIENDS
    Tall-Ship Friends is a non-profit organization formed to promote and preserve tall ship activities. As sailing of the windjammers becomes more and more popular, their members and their voyages can be found in Germany, Great Britain, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands and the United States. Membership in the organization gives you discounts on selected voyages and a subscription to their German/English magazine Tall Ship News. Men and women of all ages and regardless of nationality are welcome on board to join cadets who are in training on the ships. Minimum age is 15, and average age of trainees is 35. Whoever comes on board is regarded as a trainee and is expected to help keep the helm, share watch duties with cadets, and help set sails. No previous sailing experience is necessary, but one should be in good health. Working aloft is voluntary. Instruction is given in seamanship and safety regulations. Usually the ships anchor out and persons use a shuttle boat to shore. Voyages vary in duration from weekends to several weeks. Sometimes the ships have open houses and day trips, at other times are available to corporations for team-training.
BELEM
This barque was built in 1896 in Nantes as a cargo ship for trade with South America. She is 61 meters long, has four cabins with 12 upper and lower berths each. Food is French.
CHRISTIAN RADICH
This is a full-rigged three-masted ship that was featured in the 1957 film titled Windjammer. It was built in Sandefjord, Norway in 1937, was sunk during an air raid in Germany in 1945. Her homeport is in Oslo, she is 218 ft. long, has a crew of 24 plus 100 trainees. Accommodations are in hammocks. Voyages are from the North Sea into the Baltic Sea.
KRUZENSHTERN
This four-masted barque, the last of the legendary "Flying-P-Liners", has its homeport in Kaliningad. The mast is 167 ft. high. She is 346 ft. long, has a crew of 68, plus 110 cadets and berths for 50 trainees. There are upper and lower berths.
MIR
Considered by many to be the fastest sail training ship in the world, this ship won the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races in 1996 and 1997. Mir means Peace. She was built in Gdansk in 1988,  homeport is St. Petersburg, Russia, and she usually sails from the North Sea into the Baltic Sea around Skagen.  The vessel has three masts, a crew of 36, 110 cadets and 60 trainees. Accommodations are in 12-bed cabins with upper and lower berths.
ROALD AMUNDSEN
This two-masted sailing ship was built in 1952 in Eastern Germany. She is 151 ft. long, has a homeport in Wolgast, Germany. There is a crew of 14, accommodations for 30 trainees in upper and lower berths in  four and six-bed cabins. Various trips go from Nassau to Bermuda, to the Azores, to Breat, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Kiel, Wismar, Warnemunde, Saffinitz, Wolgast, Rostock, Travemunde, Lisbon, and Teneriffe.
ROSE
This ship, built in Nova Scotia in 1970, is a replica of an 18th century frigate. Her homeport is Bridgeport, U.S., and she is 155 ft. long. There is a crew of 49, including trainees. You need to bring your own sleeping bag.
SORLANDET
This is a fully rigged ship, built in 1927in Kristiansand, Norway, still her homeport. She has three masts, is 216 ft. long, and has 18 crew and accommodations for 70 trainees in pullman berths. Voyages are from the North Sea into the Baltic Sea around Skaagen.
STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL
Formerly the Grossherzog Friedrich August, this barque was built in Germany in 1914. She is claimed to be the biggest sailing barque in service today. She is 297 ft. long, the main mast is 152 ft. high. Homeport is Bergen, Norway. There are 24 crew and up to 135 trainees. Accommodations are hammocks. You need to bring your own sleeping bag.
Typical Rates: Rates vary from ship to ship and from itinerary to itinerary. One ship charges 100 British pound sterling per day. A typical fare on one vessel for a five-night voyage is 160 British pounds for a person aged 15-25 and 220 British pounds for older adults; on another vessel five-nights is 440 British pounds. Fare on one vessel for eight-nights is 340 pounds for age 15-25 and 500 for adult. A two-week Bahamas to Bermuda voyage is 625 pounds aged 15-25 and 830 for adults, .for a  three-week voyage from Tenerife to Bremerhaven fares are 705 pounds for aged 15 to 25 and 970 for adult. A two-week voyage on the Mir from Eckernforde to St. Petersburg is 350 pounds for a teen-ager and 640 for adult. The Rose on the East coast of the U.S. charges $750 U.S. per week. All voyages also require 15 pound sterling for membership in Tall-Ship Friends. Group discounts are given on the ships for eight or more persons, and a 20 percent discount is given for two continuous segments.

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