From the Little Darwin nautical file comes this shot of the 1911 brigantine Eye of the Wind while taking part in the First Fleet re-enactment voyage from England to Sydney in 1988 . The postcard was sent from a doctor as the boat , with brown sails , not white as shown in the photo, was alongside at Twofold Bay , Eden , New South Wales.
The vessel had rescued a Sydney to Hobart yacht which had been hit by lightning when returning to Sydney and was stranded at sea for three days . The fleet was re- assembling at Twofold Bay for the home run via Jervis Bay and Botany Bay . A night had been spent sheltering from a gale in Oberon Bay on Wilson's promontory . The fleet had been visited by trawlers , helicopters, sharks, seals, whales and dolphins .
