BLUE NOSE:
The Bluenose, of Halifax, carried a sailors¡¯ nickname for the men and boats hailing from Nova Scotia. She was the outstanding champion on the Canadian side.
In 1923, the Bluenose raced with the Columbia, a fishing schooner out of Gloucester, Mass. The contest ended in a dispute because the Canadian schooner finished first, but was disqualified for fouling the Columbia and then for cutting inside a buoy. The Columbia was awarded the victory. The Bluenose came back to demonstrate her prowess in subsequent years and became the pride of all Canadians.
The schooner Bluenose was built in Nova Scotia in 1921 to fish the rough waters off the coast of Newfoundland. A salt banker type, she stayed out until her holds were full of fish, using salt to preserve her catch. During prohibition, she was used as a rumrunner. The Bluenose was lost off Haiti in 1946.¡¡
Pre
Assembled, Handcrafted Wood Model.
Models
are shipped with the sails unassembled. Step-by-step instructions are included.
All rigging, lines and stays have brass hooks attached, which easily hook into
eyelets on mast, boom, sprit or deck. Assembly takes less than 20 minutes.
ABOUT SHIP MODEL
The ship model made by hand from a variety of high quality woods. The ship model is constructed by skilled craftspeople using plank on frame construction methods, then finished and detailed to the exacting standards you see here.
33"L 31"H
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