Bluenose II Schooner Ship Model
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Bluenose II Schooner Ship Model
Dimensions:
38"(long) x 33"(tall) x 11"(wide)
(includes masts)
Shipping & Insurance: $
30
Included(Continental U.S. only)
Retail Price:228.00
Our Price $143.00
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Bluenose Schooner History
The schooner Bluenose has a very special place in the history of navigation and yachting. Built to fish off the Newfoundland coast, the ship soon turned out to be such a fast sailer that she won all the great classical regattas along the USA's Eastern coast.
built in Nova Scotia in 1921, Bluenose was designed specifically to race for the International Trophy, a prize established by W. H. Dennis, publisher of the Halifax Herald.
After a season fishing on the Grand Banks, Bluenose defeated the ship Elsie from Gloucester, Massachusetts, returning the trophy to Nova Scotia. During the next 17 years of racing, no challenger, American or Canadian, could wrest the trophy from her.
Her daughter, Bluenose II, was launched at Lunenburg on July 24, 1963, built according to original plans by many of the same workers. She was sold to the government of Nova Scotia for $1 and serves as a goodwill ambassador, tourist attraction in Lunenburg, and symbol of the province. During the summer she visits ports all around Nova Scotia and the world. Bluenose II does not race.
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