The three-masted barque, Thalassa, registered in Harlingen, Holland, sailed down the Sound this evening en route to Tobermory - she's pictured passing Ardmore Point light at 6.45pm.
She's fifty metres long and carries fourteen sails with a total area of 800 square metres. Built in 1980 as a fishing ship, in 1984 she struck a submerged World War II wreck off the coast of Friesland. Refloated and towed to safety, she was reconstructed and fitted out as a passenger cruiser capable of carrying up to 120 people on a day-trip, or 34 overnight in eighteen cabins.
Did you really mean built in 1980?
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