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Join the crew of Stad Amsterdamfor this ocean crossing. An unforgettable adventure - 20 nights sailing east across the Atlantic, non-stop from Boston to Faro. This is a working voyage, with you as a tall ship sail trainee. Working in one of three watches you will be actively involved with the crew: setting the sails, at the helm and if you like even in the galley.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, and one of the oldest cities in the United States, is the economic and cultural center of New England. The city proper has a population over 600 thousands, and anchors the larger metropolitan area of Greater Boston with a population over 4 million people.
Puritan colonists from England founded the city in 1630. During the American Revolution Boston was the scene of several historic events, including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill,and the battles of Lexington and Concord. With land reclamation, Boston expanded beyond Beacon Hill and the Shawmut peninsula, to build the classic mid-19th century residential neighborhood known as Back Bay.
After independence, Boston became a major port and manufacturing center. The city is the site of several firsts, including America's first public school - Boston Latin School, the first college - Harvard College, in neighboring Cambridge, and the first subway system in the United States.
Boston is a center of higher education With many colleges and universities in the city and surrounding area, and a center for medicine, with renown hospitals, medical schools and biotechnology companies. Boston is home to many cultural institutions, including Symphony Hall & the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, the mother church of Christian Science, the iconic Richardson Romanesque Trinity Church, and of course the Red Sox, and the Public Garden's beloved Swan Boats.
At sea
Your ship will be underway, at sea, with no port calls. Just time to enjoy the routine of shipboard life, getting to know your shipmates, and exploring your home upon the ocean.
At sea
Your ship will be underway, at sea, with no port calls. Just time to enjoy the routine of shipboard life, getting to know your shipmates, and exploring your home upon the ocean.
Faro, Portugal
Faro is the administrative center of the Algarve region of Portugal, and has a population of almost 60 thousand. The city has both Arab and Roman ruins, but most of the older buildings were constructed after the disastrous earthquakes in 1532 & 1755. The Moors occupied the town in the 8th Century. Crusaders sacked the town in 1596 on their journey to the Holy Land. During the 500 years of Moorish occupation Jewish inhabitants were employed in printing copies of the Old Testament.
The old part of the city is surrounded by the Roman walls dating back to the 9th century. Inside a spacious open square that was once the site of the Roman Forum is a 13th Century Cathedral,across from an 18th Century Episcopal palace. Faro's archaeological museum is a former 16th century convent. Within it is a section devoted to the Arab occupation. The "golden" church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo is an excellent example of Portugal's gold-leaf woodwork. It contains a macabre chapel lined with the bones of 1,200 monks. There is a small Naval Museum with scale model ships exhibiting the maritime history of Portugal. Faro is the home of the Ria Formosa lagoon, a nature reserve of over 42 thousand acres and a rest stop on the migratory routes of hundreds of bird species.
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