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The ''Eye of the Wind'' is a ship built in 1911 by C. Lühring of Brake, Germany, originally as a topsail schooner named ''Friedrich''. ==History== The ''Friedrich'' was initially used as a schooner 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. In 1973 a group of sailing enthusiasts, including Anthony "Tiger" Timbs, who later became her Master, starting rebuilding her as a sailing ship in Faversham, England. In this restoration she was rigged as a brigantine by Master Rigger Wally Buchanan. After the restoration was completed she was given the name ''Eye of the Wind'', inspired by Sir Peter Scott's book published in 1961. In October 1976, three years and eight months after her purchase by the new owners, ''Eye of the Wind'' set sail for the first time since the restoration, on course to Australia. In 1978, she set sail from Plymouth as the flagship of Operation Drake, a 2 year sailing expedition, which brought her back to London in December 1980. While under the care of Tiger Timbs the ship was hired for several film roles. During the fiming of ''Tai-Pan'', the film producers had it fitted with a tan coloured sail set in order to be able to play two different ships. The tan sails was retained after filming.〔(Crews records of sailing the ship )〕 In 2001, she was taken over by a new owner and registered in Gilleleje, Denmark. Her interior underwent substantial renovations. Also, the new owners decided to call her rig a brig. This was only a change of naming, the rig remained the same since the filming of ''Tai Pan''. Again in 2009 she found a new owner with the Forum Media Group, Germany. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eye of the Wind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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