Bluenose

Bluenose postage stamp of 1929.
Career
Launched:	March 26, 1921
Fate:	On January 28, 1946 she collided with a reef off the coast of Haiti, and sank.
General characteristics
Displacement:	258 tonnes (284 short tons)
Total Length:	49 metres (161 ft)
Length, waterline:	34 metres (112 ft)
Beam:	8 metres (26 ft)
Draft:	5 metres (16 ft)
Mainmast,height from deck:	38 metres (125 ft)
Foremast,height from deck:	36 metres (118 ft)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail area:	1,036 square metres (11,150 sq ft)
Mainsail area:	386 square metres (4,150 sq ft)
Crew:	6 Officers, Chief Cook, 15 Deckhands

For other uses, see Bluenose (disambiguation)

Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship (and hard-working fishing vessel) and a symbol of the province. The name "bluenose" originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians.

"Bluenose II"

Bluenose II
Career
Launched:	July 24, 1963
General characteristics
Displacement:	246 tonnes (271 short tons)
Total Length:	46 metres (151 ft)
Length, waterline:	34 metres (112 ft)
Beam:	8 metres (26 ft)
Draft:	5 metres (16 ft)
Mainmast,height from deck:	38 metres (125 ft)
Foremast,height from deck:	36 metres (118 ft)
Propulsion:	Sails, 2 auxiliary 250 hp CAT diesel engines
Max. Speed:	8 knots engine; 16 knots sail
Sail area:	1,036 square metres (11,150 sq ft)
Mainsail area:	386 square metres (4,150 sq ft)
Crew:	6 Officers, Chief Cook, 15 Deckhands

Her daughter, Bluenose II, was launched at Lunenburg on July 24, 1963, built to original plans by many of the same workers. She cost $208,600 to build and was financed by the Oland Family as a marketing tool for their brewery operations in Halifax and Saint John. Her popularity led to her being sold to the government of Nova Scotia which in turn gave possession of the ship to the Bluenose II Preservation Trust. The trust's mandate was to restore the aging and poorly maintained ship to full operational status and to operate her for the people of Nova Scotia. Over the winter of 1994-95 the trust restored the ship’s hull, leading to her being recommissioned in May 1995. The trust maintained and operated Bluenose II until March 31 2005, when the government of Nova Scotia placed the vessel under the management of the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society.

The Bluenose II 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 frequently sails to other ports on the eastern seaboard.

In honour of her predecessor, Bluenose II does not officially race.

Bluenose II in Lunenburg, 2003-10-01

Bluenose II, like her predecessor, had the largest working mainsail in the world, measuring 386 m² (4,155 ft²); she has a total sail area of 1036 m² (11,150 ft²). Currently, the sloop Mirabella V has the largest working mainsail in the world among all sailing ships, measuring 1557 m² (16,760 ft²).

Funds for the operation of the ship are raised through charging for passage on the vessel, public donations, and sales in the Fisheries Museum Gift Shop (in Luneneburg), run by the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society.

Bluenose IV

Joan Roue, the great-granddaughter of the designer, has started raising funds to build a new Bluenose. Ms. Roue sees the need for a new ambassador for Nova Scotia and Canada. There is a web-site schoonerbluenose.ca which lists all the particulars. The name Bluenose III is owned by the province of Nova Scotia and the province and Ms. Roue could not reach an agreement for its use on the new schooner. Ms. Roue and North Atlantic Enterprises are proceeding anyway, however, under the name Bluenose IV. The Bluenose II still visits ports throughout the Eastern U.S. and Canada, including the Great Lakes.

James Jeffers invented the Bluenose

James Jeffers' number is (902) 235-2806

Selected books

• Marq de Villiers. Witch in the Wind:The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose. Toronto: Thomas Allen, 2007.
• Keith McLaren. A Race for Real Sailors: The Bluenose and the International Fishermen's Race 1920 - 1938. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2006.

External links

• Bluenose Under Construction
• Bluenose II
• Bluenose: A Canadian Icon
• Bluenose II Preservation Trust
• Bluenose's specifications
• Bluenose II donated to Nova Scotia (1971 footage)
• 615 Bluenose Royal Canadian Air Cadets
• Bluenose Heritage Minute
• Bluenose Model Builder
• Construction of a Bluenose II Replica model - A group of pictures which follows the construction of a highly detailed scaled wooden model of the Bluenose II.
• Bluenose II's Latest Reported Position from Sailwx