The Swedish training sailing ship T/S Gunilla calls at Gustavia

The Swedish training ship T/S Gunilla will stop in Gustavia on March 9, 10, and 11 before heading to Saint Martin. Built in Sweden, this 60-meter steel-hulled three-masted barque T/S Gunilla was launched in 1940 as a long-distance cargo ship and then completely rebuilt in 1997. It began sailing as a training ship. It has a total sail area of 1,000 m² and carries a professional crew of 11 as well as 44 students/trainees. The students/trainees come from Öckerö Seglande Gymnasieskola, a public high school for young people aged 16 to 19, located in the Gothenburg archipelago on the west coast of Sweden. In addition to their regular classes, three of the school's programs spend up to six months in total aboard the training ship T/S Gunilla.
The Gunilla asked Caribbean Sail Training (CST) to organize its stopover in Saint Barthélemy, mainly because the students want to discover the island's Swedish history, as others did last year. Nils Dufau, president of Asbas (Association Saint Barth des Amis de la Suède), is organizing a guided tour through the streets of Gustavia.
During this stopover, the young people of Saint Barthélemy will also have the opportunity to visit the Gunilla.
The Caribbean Sail Training (CST) association, which is organizing this visit, states in a press release that the administrative procedures will be handled by Marion from Sunshine Yacht Services and that the port fees and other costs will be covered by Master Ski Pilou and Ocean Must.