If you happened to be around the Eden Port last week you might have caught a glimpse of two famous tall ships that stopped by the wharf.
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The authentic timber square rigger Soren Larsen and the Australian-built replica of James Cook’s ship, HMB Endeavour, were both en route to Hobart for the Statebank Wooden Boat Festival to be held from February 8-11.
The tall ships will join around 80 other wooden boats on exhibition.
The Soren Larsen, which is considered the “star of the sea”, docked in Eden Wednesday night, January 30 at 10.50pm.
The ship’s skipper Marty Woods told the Magnet the ship was taking shelter from the storms as well grabbing a few supplies in Eden.
“We ran into some storms just a couple of days out from Sydney. We dragged anchor about three times. But she’s a strong old girl – built to sail the world, “ Mr Woods said.
The ex-cargo carrying ship was one of the last of its kind, built in 1949 by Danish ship building family Søren Larsen & Sons in Northern Denmark.
“She’s quite a famous old girl – she’s magic,” Mr Woods said.
The ship has been quite the movie star, appearing in the BBC’s classic series “The Onedin Line” as well as other noted films and mini-series including Shackleton and The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
If you missed a glimpse of the majestic tall ship this time round, don’t worry, you might just spot her on her way home in a couple of weeks’ time.
“If the harbour master is kind enough you never know we might come right in. It’s always good to stop in Eden. Being a nautical town, the understanding the locals have is unreal,” Mr Woods said.
Meanwhile, the HMB Endeavour departed Twofold Bay on Thursday morning after stopping by briefly, pleasing local photographers.
Both ships can be tracked at marinetraffic.com.