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T
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Over a century of history and stories
In memory of Lesley
Reiter, Jean Dixon and all other friends of ‘Eye of the Wind’
who have crossed the bar.
A joint project of the friends of the Eye
Collected and published by Ina Koys
Second edition 2019
History is not written down by the ones who do it best.
It’s done by the ones who do it.
Kay Jaumees
Contents
2017: Sicily ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
She and I.................................................................................................................................................... 3
Us .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1911
1973: The Early Years........................................................................................................................ 7
Lühring Shipyard ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Germany .................................................................................................................................................... 9
Sweden......................................................................................................................................................14
Account of Elsa Martinsson, daughter of Arthur Carlsson: .......................................................................16
1955
Boys on board ...............................................................................................................................25
2017: Reunions .............................................................................................................................................33
1973
1976: Revitalisation ...........................................................................................................................39
Faversham .................................................................................................................................................45
Putting Eye of the Wind together..............................................................................................................48
The sailmaker ...........................................................................................................................................54
A first encounter .......................................................................................................................................59
1976 - 2000: World travels............................................................................................................................65
1976 - The first voyage ..............................................................................................................................66
1978 - Saudades ........................................................................................................................................76
Operation Drake 1978
1980 ..................................................................................................................85
Girls, No Bikinis! ......................................................................................................................................93
In between: The Eye’s first film job
-
‘Blue Lagoon’ in 1979
...............................................................98
A very brief memory of a very long voyage…
............................................................................................103
Visit at Lühring’s
.....................................................................................................................................104
Bunnies all over ......................................................................................................................................108
Savage Islands / Nate and Hayes .............................................................................................................114
From One and All on the Eye of the Wind ............................................................................................117
Master fills the breach .............................................................................................................................120
Bruce and his fan club ............................................................................................................................126
1985 - In Cooks Wake............................................................................................................................127
Filming of ‘Tai-Pan’
................................................................................................................................133
The Iwa Canoe .......................................................................................................................................138
1987 - Meeting the Locals .......................................................................................................................141
The Toa Maru wreck ..............................................................................................................................144
1987 S : O : S - Save Our Ship ................................................................................................................145
The last five months........ ........................................................................................................................150
1988
First Fleet re-enactment ...............................................................................................................153
Teeth and how to deal with them ............................................................................................................160
1988
The storm off Lord Howe Island ................................................................................................161
Ode To The Eye ....................................................................................................................................163
Newsflash ................................................................................................................................................165
Emma .....................................................................................................................................................166
10 December 1991 - Cape Horn, ...........................................................................................................170
Cape Horn voyage abstract ....................................................................................................................175
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