Bluenose II

• Nova Scotia’s Bluenose II inviting the public back for summer cruises

  The Bluenose II crew had been unable to offer their typical sailing trips due to COVID-19 restrictions. But the cruises will be returning June 10.

  Canada

  May 19, 2022
  
• Lunenburg Yacht Club brings sailing community back together for unique regatta

  The Nova Scotia sailing community was reunited for a weekend regatta held on Mahone Bay.

  Features

  Aug 23, 2020
  
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• Historic Big Boat Shed on Lunenburg waterfront to be revitalized

  Ottawa and the province are spending $1.5-million to revitalize the Big Boat Shed, which was the main boatbuilding facility of the Smith and Rhuland Shipyards, which opened in 1900.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2019
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• Brockville prepares for 2019 Tall Ships Festival

  Organizers of the third annual Brockville Tall Ships Festival, slated to take place in August 2019, say they expect up to 50,000 people to attend.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2018
• Sewage fight: Activist charged with assaulting mayor in historic Nova Scotia town

  Bill Flower, who also runs a charter boat company, says he has been charged with assault after allegedly smeared sewage on Lunenburg Mayor Rachel Bailey

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2017
• Company at centre of $25M Bluenose II boondoggle awarded new contract for Canada’s navy

  The American Bureau of Shipping was previously hired by the Nova Scotia government to classify and inspect the Bluenose II schooner as it underwent reconstruction

  Consumer

  Jun 29, 2017
• Time to stop complaining about Bluenose II cost overruns: deputy minister

  The deputy minister overseeing the Bluenose II revitalization says it's time to stop criticizing and complaining about the troubled restoration of a Canadian icon.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2017
• Bluenose II rudder replacement underway, cost estimate remains at $25M

  Boat builders in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia are working to replace the troublesome steel rudder on the contentious Bluenose II with a wooden one.

  Politics

  Nov 24, 2016
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• Bluenose II to return to wooden rudder, steel version proves heavy, clumsy

  The Bluenose II project has been plagued by technical problems and delays of more than four years from original target dates.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2016
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• Former sea captain says province made ‘total hash’ of Bluenose II restoration

  Lou Boudreau said the conclusion of a $30,000 report to replace the vessel's rudder is unimpressive.

  Economy

  Mar 4, 2016