If you happened to be around the Eden Port this 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, are 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.
According to the Sydney Tall Ships marketing director Jeanelle Concepcion, the Soren Larson is stopping in Eden to get supplies.
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.
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.
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.
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