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WYLDE SWAN

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan.

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan.

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan

Wylde Swan.

Wylde Swan.

Wylde Swan.

Wylde Swan.

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Specification

Name: WYLDE SWAN
Class: A
Nationality: Netherlands
Year built: 1920
Home port: Makkum, Netherlands
Height: 36.27 m
Length of hull: 43.71 m
Entered by: Swan Fan Makkum

About

Number of trainees: 38
Number of permanent crew: 12
Showers: Yes
Special diets catered for: Yes

Biography

The Dutch sailing vessel Wylde Swan is a ship built for speed. She started life as a motor vessel in the 1920’s and brought fresh herring from the fishing grounds to markets ashore. Her slender hull is reminiscent of the large schooner yachts of the 1900 era.

Wylde Swan is the largest two-mast topsail schooner in the world. Built to win races, cross oceans and be sailed with passion. You are welcome to join us.

Video

Your journey begins on board Wylde Swan. Qualified coaches teach you how to work in teams together to be successful in a group. This is the kind of experience that will benefit you for a lifetime. The resulting feeling of team spirit on board Wylde Swan is hard to beat! Quote from a trainee: "What is the best of all? Being out at night, at the helm, while the others are sleeping. In a way, that is such a rich feeling. Others have so much faith in you. They can nicely go sleeping while you’re in control. In the beginning, I was afraid. I thought: ‘Could I handle that responsibility?’ Now I feel like a king. You know what it is, you’re never alone. You do it with your team. And the crew. And the coaches. They know exactly what you can and can’t do. When they think I can do it, I can. It seems like there is a new boundary that I cross every day. With a heavy heart, I count the days until it’s over."

Our aim is to achieve quality in education, hospitality, sailing performance, and presence. We developed our on-board educational programs in collaboration with high-quality knowledge partners. The ship, the crew and the operational concept are carefully matched to provide you, as a sail trainee, with useful life-skill experiences. Learn how to sail the ship while you’re on board and build your interpersonal leadership skills at the same time. During competitions, the Wylde Swan always goes for the prizes – Winner Over All and Friendship Trophy 2011. This is something we’re very, very proud of. Wylde Swan is the largest two-mast topsail schooner in the world. Built to win races, cross oceans and be sailed with passion. You are welcome to join us.

Find your adventure

WYLDE SWAN

Specification

About

Biography

Video

Reasons To Sail

Sail Training Programme

Relive the Races

The adventure starts here

Visit our sail on board site to go sail training

WYLDE SWAN

Vessel stats

Specification

About

Biography

Video

Reasons To Sail

Sail Training Programme

Relive the Races

The adventure starts here

Visit our sail on board site to go sail training