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Film of the original Nova Scotia schooner Bluenose sailing

The schooner Bluenose in flight… A celebrated racer as well as working boat fishing the Grand Banks, she was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921 and sank close the Haiti in 1946. Read all about her here. … Continue reading

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Can we save the Kathleen & May for the UK?

Three masted Cardiff Bay schooner Kathleen & May at Brest last year. Photo by Pymouss The fabulous Kathleen & May, our last surviving timber-built three-masted topsail schooner described by the National Historic Ships as ‘an outstanding vessel of national significance’ … Continue reading

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Cape Horn Passage to California

Thanks to Hans Riecke for finding this piece of romantic and salty stuff!

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