The Life of an Extraordinary Lady, Part 5

. . . spent 8 long years. Tropical weather was very hard on the once exquisite beauty. After these 8 years, she was rescued by a German sea captain who had practice at bringing old, dilapidated ships back to life. He very gingerly took his ailing patient, who by now had reclaimed her old name, Sea Cloud, back to his homeland where he sailed her into the harbor at Hamburg before thousands of cheering people. It was now 1978. Sea Cloud would spend her rehabilitation in the very capable hands of ship builders in Kiel, where she had been brought into the world so long ago. It seemed she had come home for a rebirth.

Eight months later, she reappeared, in all her original beauty and stateliness. In 1979, she became the flagship for the Hansa Cruise Company and their Sea Cloud Cruises.

So believe it or not, after being a luxury yacht, a floating embassy, a wartime weather station, an ocean going school, an unwanted eyesore, and who knows what else, Sea Cloud is back as a luxury sailing ship.

If you would like to experience this beautiful work of sailing art, and if you have about $20,000, you and your loved one can experience all Marjorie Merriweather Post Huffton Davis intended for Sea Cloud to be. That price will buy you a week in Marjorie’s own suite . For history like this, that’s not a bad deal.

For more information on Sea Cloud and her adventures, visit www.seacloud.com

For more in depth research, check out these resources:

http://www.travellady.com/articles/article-seacloud.html

Sea Cloud: A Living Legend, by Kurt Grobeker

My thanks to the writers of these fine sources that tell Sea Cloud’s amazing story.