[off topic because this thread is boring]
Indeed it is! For no other reason than it's a nice looking brigantine
Never been on the Soren Larsen, just sailed past it on a catamaran, in Vavau IIRC.
It came to Nelson when I was a teenager. It was open to the public and my Dad took me on board. She has quite a history; was used quite a lot in British TV series
The Onedin Line (but not the one you see in the credits - that is the
Christian Radich, a three-masted full-rigger).
You know the
Soren it wasn't always a Brigantine? When it visited Nelson in the late 1960's (before it was severely damaged by fire) it was a ketch-rigged Galeas, but when it was refitted around 1980 it was re-rigged as a Brigantine.
She sure is a beautiful tall ship.