During their lifetime, due to their very purpose of being, some boats acquire stories, they go through adventures, actually share adventures them with real people. And that seems to give them a soul, which gets nobler once their shell acquires a patina which dignifies their existance. They might even become part of history.
Not all boats go through that path, but wooden boats are allways special candidates. Wood is such a magic material, in the sense that it is so vulnerable, yet so enduring and strong. Some wooden boats get to sail sucessfully in their hundredst year. A long lifespan, which is often not achieved by boats built of supposedly tougher material, such as steel.
This post brings you such a piece of maritime history. It is the story of the boat built as "Tritonia". It was designed by the famous Scottisch designer Alfred Mylne, according to the 15 Meter Rule, and built in 1910 by Alexander Robertson & Sons Ltd.
Tritonia had a successful racing record in its early years. Through a series of owners, the boat then changed its name from the original Tritonia to Jeano, then Gerd II, Rinola and Fortuna II, while in German posession. Then its course took an interesting turn, when it was donated to the Brazilian Navy, in 1979, through a deal, which involved the holders of the boat owner's company.
By that time, Fortuna II, how it was then called, was carying a yawl rig. As seen in one of the pictures in this post.
The boat underwent a thorough refit, and was comissioned as the first naval school ship of the Brazilian Navy, called "Cisne Branco". Its mission was to bring a message of friendship to other nations. And so, in 1980, it did an extensive voyage across the Atlantic, to Europe and back.
After being decomissioned from its mission for the navy, some time after 1981, the boat was renamed "Albatros", by the then keepers, the "Gremio de Vela da Escola Naval". It is then, that the trace of the boat disappears.
Tritonia became to be the first Cisne Branco in a series of three - up to now. The boat is therefore also called "O Primeiro Cisne Branco", the First. The second Cisne Branco came from the United States, where it was sailed under the name "Ondine". It was a regatta oriented boat, built in aluminum. The third and current one, is a three masted tallship, which was purpose built in the Netherlands.
I would very much like to know what happened to the First Cisne Branco. Was it dismantled? Was it sold? Or maybe is it forgotten in some back-yard? Can anyone help to shed light into this mistery?
Tritonia had a successful racing record in its early years. Through a series of owners, the boat then changed its name from the original Tritonia to Jeano, then Gerd II, Rinola and Fortuna II, while in German posession. Then its course took an interesting turn, when it was donated to the Brazilian Navy, in 1979, through a deal, which involved the holders of the boat owner's company.
By that time, Fortuna II, how it was then called, was carying a yawl rig. As seen in one of the pictures in this post.
The boat underwent a thorough refit, and was comissioned as the first naval school ship of the Brazilian Navy, called "Cisne Branco". Its mission was to bring a message of friendship to other nations. And so, in 1980, it did an extensive voyage across the Atlantic, to Europe and back.
After being decomissioned from its mission for the navy, some time after 1981, the boat was renamed "Albatros", by the then keepers, the "Gremio de Vela da Escola Naval". It is then, that the trace of the boat disappears.
Tritonia became to be the first Cisne Branco in a series of three - up to now. The boat is therefore also called "O Primeiro Cisne Branco", the First. The second Cisne Branco came from the United States, where it was sailed under the name "Ondine". It was a regatta oriented boat, built in aluminum. The third and current one, is a three masted tallship, which was purpose built in the Netherlands.
I would very much like to know what happened to the First Cisne Branco. Was it dismantled? Was it sold? Or maybe is it forgotten in some back-yard? Can anyone help to shed light into this mistery?
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