Posted: December 2013. Updated April 2014.
We were invited to spend an evening on-board a Sydney Tall Ship; the “Søren Larsen” a Square Rigger, Two-Masted Brigantine build in 1946.
The Søren Larsen was one of the last cargo carrying sailing ships built in 1949 in oak by the Danish ship building family Søren Larsen & sons in northern Denmark. After carrying cargo throughout Scandinavia, Iceland, northern Europe and Britain, she was lovingly restored and re-rigged in 1978, to the graceful 19th century Brigantine she is today.
Lets board and enjoy Sydney Harbour…
Besides the fantastic vies of Sydney Harbour on such a nice, warm summer evening was the opportunity to climb the 15 meter mast and enjoy the view from the top.
..almost there…
If you like to do the same or another cruise on a Tall Ship on Sydney Harbour: http://www.sydneytallships.com.au/
Update – April 2014
We got another chance to sail again on the beautiful Sydney Harbour on one of the fantastic Tall Ships. This time we sailed on the ‘Southern Swan’.
Originally named Our Svanen, the Southern Swan is a magnificent three-masted barquentine, built in Denmark in 1922. Made of Danish oak she is a unique vessel, while not classified as an icebreaker, her hull is extraordinarily strong enabling her to handle light ice that may have built up in the cold waters of the North Atlantic, Denmark and Greenland, where she originally traded as a grain carrier.
Once again we are climbing the Mast;
Yep, all the way up there...
Kent & Boris enjoying Sydney Harbour.
Group pic after a fantastic evening!