Peter Rideout
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Re-Building Bluenose II - Dec 2011 Update
I've decided to forget about fixing up the old farm and build a small sailboat so Debbie and I can sail around the world.
Here are a few progress pics:
Kidding !!!
Actually, yesterday I was visiting clients near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and after lunch took a little drive down to the shipyard where a major refit is underway on the 1960's-built Grand Banks schooner replica "Bluenose II", one of our national treasures.
The new ribs are laminated from angelique, a tropical hardwood sourced in Suriname and French Guiana. They had a massive jig floor laid out in one of the big sheds and were using the West System epoxy.
It was a fine, sunny, dead-calm day, so crews were at work on a giant 200 x 100' Coverall where the re-building will soon begin.
There will be regular tours of the site once they get going, as well as a webcam.
You can check out some videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNHLIl_24c
Rob Keeble, I think you sailed on Bluenose in 2009 (?) You should plan another trip next summer and we'll go check out their progress.
Enjoy!
Peter
I've decided to forget about fixing up the old farm and build a small sailboat so Debbie and I can sail around the world.
Here are a few progress pics:
Kidding !!!
Actually, yesterday I was visiting clients near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and after lunch took a little drive down to the shipyard where a major refit is underway on the 1960's-built Grand Banks schooner replica "Bluenose II", one of our national treasures.
The new ribs are laminated from angelique, a tropical hardwood sourced in Suriname and French Guiana. They had a massive jig floor laid out in one of the big sheds and were using the West System epoxy.
It was a fine, sunny, dead-calm day, so crews were at work on a giant 200 x 100' Coverall where the re-building will soon begin.
There will be regular tours of the site once they get going, as well as a webcam.
You can check out some videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNHLIl_24c
Rob Keeble, I think you sailed on Bluenose in 2009 (?) You should plan another trip next summer and we'll go check out their progress.
Enjoy!
Peter
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