They’re Rivals!

An old-time rival of the famous Bluenose is in Lunenburg. The Gloucester fishing schooner Columbia was launched in August 2014. This replica was built in Panama City, Fla., by Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

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The Columbia and its eight crew members are spending a few weeks here. The Columbia schooner was built from original Bluenose blueprints and  will be here to get a few repairs and adjustments as well as enjoy some sea time along side her rival Bluenose. Many of Columbia’s parts were built in Lunenberg and then shipped to Florida.

While it would have been nice to see the Columbia along side of the Bluenose ( we still might get chance) the Bluenose is sailing along Nova Scotia’s coast to Cape Breton stopping for visits in Sydney and Port Hawkesbury and won’t be back in port until later in the week when the Columbia is scheduled to leave.

 We enjoyed a nice evening yesterday and got a few pictures…just to say we saw her!
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 **** Update Friday August 21, 2015
The Bluenose II sailed back into it’s home port of Lunenburg yesterday after being on tour around the province and the Columbia sailed out to meet her. These few photos along with others were on the NS website. I’m not sure who the brilliant photographer was but his/her name should be on these fantastic photos. This is what I had hoped to see. Here they are…the rivals…side by side…SPECTACULAR!!!
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I am from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada and I'm back from traveling with my husband on an expat assignment to foreign lands. 2011-2012 we were in Shenyang, China. Spring 2012- Spring 2013 we were in Resende,RJ Brazil then back to Shenyang, China in July 2013 until the end of July 2014. Expat life WAS amazing! Adventure abounds no matter where we travel to. We really enjoyed the amazing opportunity to live and experience culture and tradition in these places. BUT now we are finished and adjusting to life in our small town in Canada. Our days of travel and adventure are not over.

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