the vessel was built for training sailors for the norwegian merchant navy, and did so for many years. from 1999 and on, the ship has been on the charter market as well as sailing with paying trainees to foreign ports on summer trips, participating in the cutty sark tall ships' race and large sail events in various european ports. she won on corrected time in class a and overall the tall ship in total in 2007, and became the only class a vessel that crossed the finish line.