Impretion of the week
sparks flying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This herring carrier was built for speed in the early 1920s, to buy catch from the herring drifters working off the Shetland islands and beyond. Willem fell for her shapely stern and fine buttocks; she promised to become an eye-catching, impressively fast schooner. 90 years after launching she will feel for the first time the joy of being driven under sail. Working in the North Atlantic, she has convincingly proven her seaworthiness. ‘Wylde Swan’ will be a new classic: a sturdy ship, inspired by the great schooner yachts of the late 19th century. Old fashioned class with a present-day character: the ambience and style of yesteryear down below and a lofty, fast rig above deck.
Read more on the history page.
' Jemo', the future 'Wylde Swan' at Lerwick in the early 1960's, loaded to the gunwales with herring casks.
