| Date of launch | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | - |
| Type | 2-masted iron schooner |
| GRT | 150 |
| NRT | - |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 40.2 m (132.0 ft) |
| Beam | 31.4 m (103.0 ft) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (9.0 ft) |
Later names: Merry (1923), Eye Of The Wind (1975)
Re-riggings: ketch, brigantine (1975)
- 1911
Built of iron by Conrad Luhring, Germany, to be used on the South American hide trade. She was rigged as a two-masted topsail schooner. - 1923
Sold to Sweden and renamed the Merry. Traded in the Baltic and the North Sea. - 1926
An auxiliary engine was installed, and over the next years her rig was gradually reduced to that of a ketch. - 1969
A fire broke out, destroying the poop deck and the wheelhouse. - 1973
Restoration works began. - 1975
Re-rigged as a brigantine, renamed the Eye Of The Wind, and the ship was ready to sail again, now making ``adventure'' cruises all around the world with paying trainees. - 10 December 1991
Rounded Cape Horn together with the Søren Larsen on their adventurous voyage ``Homeward Round the Horn'' from Sydney to Lisbon.
Pictures:
 | The Eye Of The Wind participating in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race 1999 Photo by Jean-Baptiste Treglos |
References:
- http://www.eyeofthewind.freeserve.co.uk/ (External link.)
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