Multi-day trips Harlingen – Harlingen (Minerva) Saturday, August 1, 2026 10:00 AM Dry-out trip
Weekly trips during the summer holidays 2024
Enjoy sailing and visit at least 4 Dutch Wadden Islands. A wonderful, relaxing holiday!
Multi-day trip
Dry-out trip
Flat-bottomed ships such as the Willem Jacob and the Minerva are made to run aground. When running aground, the ship sails above a sandbank at high tide. Because the water level drops, the ship ends up on the sandy bottom of the Wadden Sea. You can then disembark and walk across the seabed.
Make sure you are back on board when the tide rises. The ship comes loose again because of the tide and we sail on. After a few hours, we continue our sailing trip. How long it takes to run aground depends on where we are on the sandbank.
Sailing with the Minerva
This elegant lady launched in 1878 from one of the many yards on the Kinderdijk (on the river Lek). She was built as a Stevenaak, a freight ship with outstanding sail characteristics, especially in a headwind.
Sailing from Harlingen
De Minerva en de Willem Jacob liggen meestal in 't Dokje, bij de blauwe kraan en naast het treinstation Harlingen Haven.
