3000 x 2000 px | 25,4 x 16,9 cm | 10 x 6,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
13. Juni 2015
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Bluenose II is a replica of the fishing schooner Bluenose which was built in 1963 as a promotional yacht for Oland Brewery and became Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador in 1971. Bluenose II was launched at Lunenburg on 24 July 1963, built to original plans and by some of the same workers at Smith and Rhuland. The original captain of Bluenose, Angus J. Walters, was consulted on the replica's design.[2] The replica was built by Oland Brewery for roughly $300, 000 (in 1963 Canadian dollars) as a marketing tool for their Schooner Lager beer brand. In May 2009, the provincial and federal government announced support for a major restoration of the Bluenose II. The project is valued at $14.8 million. In July 2010, the Nova Scotia government awarded a $12.5 million contract for the restoration of Bluenose II to a consortium of three Nova Scotia shipyards. When the ship was finally relaunched in 2012, after major delays, the final cost was closer to 16 million dollars, just from the Nova Scotian government. This restoration was not without controversy. Tourism, Culture and Heritage Department sources stated that the restoration was "not intended to create an authentic replica of the original Bluenose" and that the builders would not be using the plans.[citation needed] Large portions of the hull were chipped while other small pieces were given away at the rebuilding site in Lunenburg NS.[citation needed] The masts, sails, booms, gaffs, deck boxes, rigging, and some ironwork will go back onto the vessel upon completion.[citation needed] This has led Joan Roue, a descendant of the first Bluenose's designer William Roue and current rights-holder of the design, to question whether this should even be considered the same ship. As has almost all of the rest of the ship, even the keel has been remade. It can be argued that the Bluenose II had so many rebuilds and repairs over the years since she was built in 1963 by the Oland's,
