⚓ Sunbeam: Summer Sailing in Scandinavia⚓ Heritage Lowestoft trawler 'Sunbeam' has been based in Sweden since 1937. In 1961 she was purchased by a group of marine botany researchers for use as a research expedition vessel. The organisation they formed still owns Sunbeam today, and the ship remains a research vessel, undertaking just a handful of charter voyages in the summer. These trips, week-long forays through the endlessly explorable Stockholm Archipelago, are glorious summer holidays. Laid

36K views · 1.3K reactions | This lovely old film takes us to the far East back to the 1930s when most cargoes around the Indian Ocean were still carried onboard wooden sailing dhows. The dhow rig is quite ancient and still goes windward better than most gaff rigs. | Historic Vessel Vega | Facebook