The Thor Heyerdahl: our new home – by Charlotte
50m long, 30m high and 6m large – do you know a place that has all those characteristics? Right, the Thor Heyerdahl which will be our home for the next 6 ½ months. Half a mehr lesen…
English Report 2014/15
No land in sight: Crossing the Atlantic Ocean – by Ina
It’s half past one o’clock in the night and the only noise you hear is the ocean and the sails in the warm North-East-Passat. When you look up, you are able to see more stars mehr lesen…
Working in the Galley – by Sammy
On a ship with a 50 person crew everything is a bit different to home. For example, someone has to prepare the meals. That is the job of the galley duty. Galley duty starts at mehr lesen…
Cleaning the ship – by Philip
The whole crew has to clean the ship everyday. Everybody has to work at one station for a week in their group. We are working round about one hour to keep the vessel rubbish-free. The mehr lesen…
Tenerife – climbing Mount Teide – by Paula
I slowly put one foot in front of the other. But although I move with the speed of a slug, my heart beats fast and my breath goes fast, too. I only recognize the way mehr lesen…
Tenerife – a visit to the Thor Heyerdahl Museum By Tobias
Today all KUSis, Peter, Kai, Christian, Marijke and Detlef went to the Thor Heyerdahl Museum, which is located in Güímar. We went by bus about one hour from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to the museum. mehr lesen…
Cabine life – quiet a challenge, by Leila
The first time I saw our cabines I thought it would be impossible to store all our things in these small rooms, but after we moved in I had to admit that it’s not that mehr lesen…
What shall we do with the sea sick sailors? – by Paul
After leaving Brunsbüttel and entering the North Sea the wind worked against the swell, which caused very short waves. The wind blew with 7 Beaufort and waves in the height of 8 metres. Those conditions mehr lesen…
Sailing in the North Sea and the English Channel – by Lorenz
After staying for two days in Brunsbüttel we left the Kiel Canal which connects Kiel and Brunsbüttel on the 22nd of October. We entered the mouth of the river Elbe. After we had passed Cuxhaven mehr lesen…
Saying farewell, by Soraya
„A lot”, was the answer to the question “which expectations do you have of Classroom under sail?“, by many new KUSis. It was Friday the seventeenth of October, when all parents visited the ship to mehr lesen…