A century-old ship which has sailed the world – and the silver screen – will tour the north of Scotland later this month.
The Eye of the Wind, which has only visited the country once before, will stop off at Aberdeen, Inverness and the west coast.
First launched as a cargo vessel in 1911, the 130ft ship is now used mostly for training, but has also featured in Hollywood films such as 1980s The Blue Lagoon and 1996s White Squall, starring Jeff Bridges.
She will travel from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Edinburgh before sailing onto Aberdeen, where she is scheduled to arrive on August 28.
From there, she will travel along the Caledonian Canal – through Inverness – to the Inner Hebrides.
The Eye of the Wind’s Scottish tour will finish in Oban before she moves onto England and Wales and then onto the Canary Islands and the Caribbean.
Captain Cornel Greth, from Switzerland, is the skipper.
The 34-year-old said: “Before 2009 the Eye of the Wind sailed under various owners. That’s why there is no complete documentation of all past trips at hand.
“Certainly the forthcoming journey to the coasts of Alba must be the first one of its kind in decades.”
Beginning life as a topsail schooner named Friedrich, she passed through several different owners before a fire in 1970 threatened to spell the end of her seafaring days.
However, the vessel caught the eye of a British sailing enthusiast who bought and repaired her and gave her the new name.
The ship’s first journey in her current guise was across the globe as part of Operation Drake, under the patronage of the Duke of Rothesay, when more than 400 crew members followed in the footsteps of celebrated explorer and scientist Sir Francis Drake.
Nowadays, the touring ship is used for cruises and also for training purposes – participants aged 16 to 25 years get the chance to join the crew as volunteer trainees on selected tours.