r/Tallships

Hi, it's my first time posting here. I'm a big nerd of maritime things, I also work a pretty draining customer service job and as soon as I had an opportunity, I signed up for a trip. I don't want to doxx myself so I won't say too much, but it's a journey from France to Spain with... well... I thought we'd visit a few ports on the way, but so far we spent 4 days at open sea and just arrived at an island. We'll leaving tomorrow.

I'm dreading that a little, the island is so nice I'd rather stay and buy a flight home. Everyone in the crew is really nice but much older or younger than me, and most of them are men (I'm a young woman lol).

The ship itself is comfortable enough, I don't struggle with any of the duties, I thought steering was terrifying but I got the hang of it. I've never been in a storm but I saw flashes of thunder and my god, I dont't know if this is worth it.

I was seasick at first but got better, fortunately.

TLDR: I'm on day 4 of a nearly 2 week long jounrey on a tallship, and I'm thinking of just leaving when I have the opportunity. How to make the most of it? It's nice but I'm tired and afraid.

I wish to participate in one leg of this year's tallship races. Specifically to sail on the Sørlandet which will sail from Harlingen, Netherlands to Antwerp, Belgium (05-13 July). I have been trying to find an insurance that covers sea sailing and every activity aboard a tallship (handling rigging, watches, climbing masts, etc.) it but have been unsuccessful so far. I am a non-EU national living and working in Germany. So far I have checked DKV, HanseMerkur, Allianz and AXA and not found something that can cover what I need. Many insurances cover cruises but I have not come across anything explicitly mentioning tallship sailing as that is considered a sport/adventure activity. It is possible that I may have overlooked some information as my German is not that good. Interestingly, HanseMerkur does have their website in English but some insurances are simply not shown in their English version in comparison to the German one. I have written to them clarifying my situation but have not received any response yet.

Has anyone of you from Germany managed to get a fitting insurance for the type of activity I wish to undertake? Those of you who may have sailed on the Alexander von Humboldt II or sailed in Kiel aboard a tallship could help me perhaps? Thanks in advance!