Postcard sent from Eden , New South Wales, on January 12 , 1988 from a doctor aboard the brigantine Eye of the Wind, built in l911 at the German seaport of Brake , which was a support vessel for the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race fleet returning to Sydney .
It had rescued a yacht which had been hit by lightning and stranded at sea for three days . The 132 foot brigantine, with a sail area of 8000 square feet, had earlier been forced to shelter from a gale in Oberon Bay, Wilson's Promontory. Seals, whales, sharks and dolphins had been sighted.
