In photos: the adventure begins

December 4, 2019

School at Sea student Tobias Zijlstra set sail on the Thalassa on 20 October 2019. This photo gallery captures the departure from Amsterdam as the students embark on a six month adventure at sea.

  • The School at Sea team gather on departure day
  • Tobias joins his crewmates
  • Preparing for the voyage
  • Loading essential supplies
  • The students prepare supplies for the first leg of the voyage from Amsterdam to Tenerife
  • A team member tests his climbing skiils
  • Tutors Internationsl and its specialist division Sea Tutors sponsored Tobias to take part
  • Tobias prepares for the adventure
  • Tutors International founder and CEO Adam Caller joins Tobias to wish him luck
  • Saying goodbyes to friends and family ahead of the six month trip
  • Adam Caller and Tobias
  • The Thalassa
  • Tutors International and the Thalassa
  • Crowds of friends and family assemble to wave the students off
  • The School at Sea adventure begins

Sea Tutors, a specialist division of elite private tutoring company Tutors International, is sponsoring 16-year-old Dutch student Tobias Zijlstra to take part in the School at Sea programme in October 2019. The sponsorship will enable Tobias to complete the six-month programme which provides students with the opportunity to continue their schooling whilst aboard a sailing ship.

Whilst continuing with the curriculum set by his school in the Netherlands, Tobias will take responsibility for his educational progress and gain sailing and travelling experience. In this blog, Tobias will provide a first-hand account of his journey, which mirrors Sea Tutors’ company ethos of providing an academic structure to life on the ocean waves.