Eye of the Wind

The brig 132′ Eye of the Wind has had a long and varied career.  Built in 1911, by C Lühring of Brake, Germany, as a topsail schooner named Friedrich, she was initially put into the hides trade with South America.  Later she would carry cargo in the Baltic and North seas, and then fish for herring off the coast of Iceland. In 1969, after being converted to a motor ship, she was nearly lost to a fire. Rebuilt in 1973 and renamed Eye of the Wind, she went on to be featured in a number of movies, inlcuding The Blue Lagoon, White Squall, Tai-Pan and Nate & Hayes.  She also served as the flagship for Operation Drake – a two year scientific expedition for young people.  Recently, the Eye of the Wind has been certified as a Class A Sail Training Vessel.  Thanks to Tom Russell on the Linked-in Traditional Sail Professionals group for passing along the news.

Tall Ship “Eye of the Wind” as a certified sailing school ship

As a training ship in the category “A” classified, registered under the British flag, the brig will control the future with the sail number GBR TS 718 new goals against. All trips with the “Eye of the Wind” can be used as proof of experience for sailors and engineers of traditional ships, under the provisions of the DSV (German Sailing Association) or the DMYV (German Motor Yacht Association) and the regulation on the acquisition of Sportsee- Sports and cruise ship shows and the cast of traditional ships (Sportseeschifferscheinverordnung, SportSeeSchV 1992/2010).

Eye of the Wind