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Restoration of the ship in FavershamDuring the original "Tall Ships Tales" held 2001 on the Farewell Voyage John Baldwin told us how he found the Eye. He read the ad in a journal a "pretty brigantine" was going to get restored in in Faversham shipyard. Hands were needed and anyone turning up would anyway get a free meal. And John was a student, then.So he went to the place not too far from London on a cold and wet February day. He found the shipyard, but no pretty brigantine anywhere. There were two masts towering above a pile of scrap metal, but by no means they could belong to the mentioned ship. So John decided better to go home again. But suddenly he saw some light in the deckhouse beneath the masts, so this must be the one. He was terribly cold and remembered the free hot meal offered. Alright. He wouldn't put a hand on this hopeless project, but now he went to this place he anyway wanted the free food. ![]() ![]() Sitting on the monkey poop in 2001, after she ship was famous for being one of the most beautiful in the world, John challenged our inspiration: "Can you guys imagine her not shiny at all?" We couldn't. We only knew the ship that had won the 'Concurse d'Elegance'. ![]() |