Bluenose II Schooner Ship Model

Bluenose II Schooner Ship Model
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BLUENOSE II SCHOONER SHIP MODEL 47 INCHES
Bluenose II ship model. 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
Eastern coast of the United States.

She was built in Nova Scotia in 1921, and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. In 1960,
Lunenburg's Smith & Rhuland Shipyard built a replica of the H.M.S. Bounty, for use in the
M.G.M. movie Mutiny on the Bounty. As Nova Scotians watched this ship take shape, they
dreamed once again of Bluenose. Around the same time, the brewing firm of Oland and
Sons was planning to build a replica of a Nova Scotia fishing schooner to help promote
their new product, Schooner Beer. So it was that Bluenose II was born. She was built
from the original plans in the original shipyard by some of the same craftsmen who had
given Bluenose her magic. The keel was laid on February 27, 1963, and she was
launched in Lunenburg on July 24 of the same year. Bluenose II would not be allowed to
race.

It was decided at the outset that she would never jeopardize the reputation of the
original Bluenose. However, ships will occasionally test her speed by assuming the same
course when she is seen passing; like her namesake, she moves like the wind. In 1971,
the Oland family sold Bluenose II to the province of Nova Scotia for the amount of one
dollar. She has become the province's most recognized symbol and one of her greatest
treasures, and has served as an ambassador for both the province and country at many
international events and ports - a role in which she continues today.

This model was built according to scale of the original ship. This item requires some
assembly. This ship model is 47"(long) x 41"(tall) x 9"(wide). Item# Y095
Shipped within the Continental USA only