Windeward Bound Enters Sydney Harbour is a photograph by Miroslava Jurcik which was uploaded on March 22nd, 2015.
Windeward Bound Enters Sydney Harbour
Windeward Bound was conceived in 1965 when a young sailor in the Royal Australian Navy stood on the shores of Garden Island and watched the arrival... more
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Windeward Bound Enters Sydney Harbour
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph
Description
"Windeward Bound" was conceived in 1965 when a young sailor in the Royal Australian Navy stood on the shores of Garden Island and watched the arrival in Sydney, from England, of an old Baltic trading vessel known as "New Endeavour". This approaching vision began a dream to build and operate a similar Tall Ship. However the dream was put on hold for quite a while and the vessel was finished in 1996.
The vessel is named after Lewis Winde, the builder of an 1848 Boston schooner on which Windeward Bound was modelled. It is constructed almost entirely of Tasmanian eucalypt, huon pine and Oregon pine, recycled from old boats and buildings. The hull is constructed of 5 cm hardwood strip planks, over epoxy-laminated douglas fir frames, spaced 38 cm (15 inches) apart. The stem, sternpost and keel are of epoxy-laminated Tasmanian blue gum and the decks are of huon and New Zealand kauri pines.
This pic was taken from North Head on the first day of the International Navy Fleet Review, 2013. I was raining heavily and she was part of 17 tall ships arriving for the memorable occasion.
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March 22nd, 2015
