Subscribe to our channel! rupt.ly/subscribe A sailing ship with 25 Dutch students on board docked at the port of Harlingen on Sunday, after it had to cross the Atlantic Ocean in five weeks, as the crew could not fly home from Cuba as it was planned. The ship also had 12 experienced sailors and three teachers on board.
Footage shows the vessel Wylde Swan docking and being welcomed by dozens of relatives and friends of the students. Students had to disembark one by one, due to coronavirus restrictions in the Netherlands.
According to reports, the students flew from Amsterdam to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin on March 1, with the aim of sailing through the Caribbean islands in a 60-meter (200-foot) schooner called the Wylde Swan. At some point during their cruise, the coronavirus crisis broke out, and they were not allowed to dock in Havana, their last stop.
Moreover, reports suggest that no other alternatives were possible for them to return, including flights from the region to Europe, forcing them to sail back on board the schooner.
One of the students, Floor Hurkmans, said, "And the worst part was - I don't know, just being on a ship in the middle of the ocean and not knowing what's happening with the corona in the Netherlands. We knew a lot but we didn't see it. So it was just weird."
The Netherlands has reported over 38,000 cases of coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. At least 4,400 people have died with the virus, reports suggest.
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