The Tall Ship, "Eye Of The Wind" with Captain Cornelius Greth
A 104-year-old brig is visiting Aberdeen harbour today.
For over a century, the Eye of the Wind, has sailed the seven seas and all waterways in between but only one visit to Scottish shores has ever been recorded in her log book.
The square rigger made port in Edinburgh on Monday and has sailed up the coast to the north east over the past two days and has now dropped anchor in Aberdeen Harbour until Sunday (August 30).
After the stop over in Aberdeen, The Eye of the Wind will sail for Oban before heading for the Canary Islands and then onto the Caribbean.
The Tall Ship, “Eye Of The Wind” at Aberdeen Harbour
The Eye of the Wind is a ship built in 1911 by C. Lühring of Brake, Germany, originally as a topsail schooner named Friedrich.
The Friedrich was initially used as by merchants for the South American hide trade.
In 1923 she was registered in Sweden and under the name Merry, and was used for transport in the Baltic and North seas, and for fishing herring off the coast of Iceland in during summer.
In 1969, then stripped of her masts and sailing as a motor vessel, she was severely damaged in a fire that all but ended her days on the sea.
The Tall Ship, “Eye Of The Wind” at Aberdeen Harbour
The Tall Ship, “Eye Of The Wind” at Aberdeen Harbour
