Description
<p>This book documents the beautiful Tall Ship <i>Bluenose</i>, now a sailing ambassador for the province of Nova Scotia, and tells the dramatic story of the battles and triumphs of original <i>Bluenose</i>.</p>
<p>The original <i>Bluenose</i>, built in Lunenburg and launched in 1921, was designed to combine a career as a racing ship with the working role fishing the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Its captain, Angus Walters, took <i>Bluenose</i> to five international sailing races, and was undefeated for seventeen years. By the 1930s, the vessel’s achievements made it an icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol.</p>
<p>The newly-restored replica, the <i>Bluenose II</i>, represents the wooden shipbuilding achievements and the dory-based cod fishery traditions of Nova Scotia. This book offers an interpretive guide of the ship and its complex traditional equipment. It also tells the story of the original <i>Bluenose</i>, with many historic photographs of the ship and its crew aboard the most famous Tall Ship in Canada in this souvenir of a vessel whose history and allure continues to captivate to this day.</p>