~Bluenose~

Bluenose was built in Nova Scotia in March 26, 1921 to fish the rough waters off the coast of Newfoundland. A salt banker type, she stayed out until her hulls were full, using salt to preserve the catch.  The ship soon turned out to be such a fast sailer that she won all great classical regattas along the USA’s Eastern coast.

Throughout the 1920’s and 30’s she came to international attention by winning the International Fisherman’s Race, the working mans answer to a gentleman’s American Cup.  Bluenose beat New England’s Elise in 1921, won three races in 1922, two in 1921 and three more in 1931.  Bluenose was Canada’s official representative at the “Century of Progress” exhibition in Chicago in 1933 and also a Canadian fishing schooner that outraced catches or fish, and even ran rum during prohibition. 

Bluenose was lost in a reef outside of Haiti in 1946, but an exact replica was launched in 1963.