BLUENOSE II

“BLUENOSE II” color scrimshaw on ancient mammoth tusk ivory bark by David Adams. Highly detailed work on a primo piece of mammoth ivory. Note the crewmen working under the huge mailsail. Mounted on a first class stand of wenge, koa and mammoth ivory, this one is special. Information taken from the Bluenose II website follows:

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.^[2] The original captain of Bluenose, Angus J. Walters, was consulted on the replica’s design.^[2] The replica was commissioned by Sidney Culverwell Oland for roughly $300,000 (2.5 million in 2020 Canadian dollars) as a marketing tool for their Schooner Lager beer brand.^[2]

The ship has one of the largest mainsails in the world, measuring 386 square metres (4,150 ft²). She has a total sail area of 1,036 square metres (11,150 ft²).