A Model Of The Grand Banks Fishing Schooner BLUENOSE

ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY.

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A Model Of The Grand Banks Fishing Schooner BLUENOSE
Anonymous; American, 20th century.
A solid hull model with black painted topsides, a mahogany waist, a white waterline and a red bottom. The model is fitted with numerous details, including: anchors, windlass, pin and fife rails, companionways, deck hatches, fishing dories, seining nets, barrels, cabin top, ship's wheel, and many other details. The model is fitted with two masts with standing and running rigging, and a full suit of cotton sails and the Canadian flag. The model is displayed on brass pedestals in a mahogany and glass case with brass trim.
41 x 13 x 42½ in. (104.1 x 33 x 107.9 cm.) cased dimensions.

拍品专文

W. J. Roue, a young naval architect, was selected to design a fishing schooner to try to restore the badly eroded Canadian pride. A sleek looking craft was constructed at the Smith and Rhuland Yard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. She was christened the Bluenose and launched with great fanfare on March 26, 1921. She soon proved to be an excellent sailing vessel, handily winning the 1921 Canadian trials. Two exciting races were held in late October, both won by the Bluenose to bring the International Fishermen's Trophy back to Canada.

The resumption of the International Fishermen's Race series occurred in the fall of 1931 when the Bluenose met the Thebaud in Halifax waters. The Bluenose prevailed, surging ahead in two straight races and was once again named the queen of the North Atlantic fishing fleet. She was eventually sold for coastal trading in Caribbean waters and on a dark January night in 1946, the grand champion Bluenose struck a reef in waters just off Haiti.