PORT ANNIVERSARY HAMBURG - PORT by NIGHT
Sailing trip on the white three-masted schooner MINERVA
We warmly welcome you aboard in Hamburg at 7:00 pm and greet you with a welcome drink.
On this tour, you'll discover the Port of Hamburg at night. The journey takes you along the St. Pauli Piers with their large historic tugboats, naval vessels, and the impressive museum ship, the Cap San Diego. Hamburg's magnificent Elbphilharmonie concert hall is within sight. Opposite lies the entrance to the Hansahafen harbor – we'll cross the Elbe River and enter the harbor basin to the historic four-masted barque PEKING.
The PEKING was built in 1911 at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg and was a fast ship. After many years sailing the Cape Horn routes, she was used as a sail training ship and subsequently served as a museum ship in New York. In 2017, she was purchased and spectacularly transported from New York to Germany on an open freighter, where she underwent restoration until 2020. Since then, she has been moored as a museum ship in Hamburg's Maritime Port.
Afterwards, the route heads back towards the sea past the musical theaters and the container port, and – if there is still time – continues along the Elbe beach.
The trip ends back in the Port of Hamburg at approximately 10:00 PM.
The MINERVA was launched in 1935 at the C. Lühring shipyard in Brake/Hammelwarden (Germany) as a three-masted schooner named UWE URSULA. In 1959, she was sold to Hamburg and operated there as a motor vessel. After changing hands several times in Hamburg, she was sold to Dutch owners in 1987, restored to her original three-masted schooner configuration, and renamed MINERVA. The ship is 49.00 meters long and has a sail area of 600 square meters.
The Minerva is suitable for seniors and small children thanks to its standard staircases and high freeboard. Well-behaved dogs are welcome on board (must be kept on a leash).
DETAILS
Children 0 to 3 years: FREE
Children aged 4 to 12: €39
SERVICES
including a 3-hour windjammer experience on the three-masted sailing schooner MINERVA
including welcome drink
Excluding other drinks and small snacks - these can be purchased at fair prices from the on-board bar.
