Schooner Roseway

Roseway was built for Harold Hathaway of Taunton, Massachusetts at the John F. James & Son shipyard in Essex. Hathaway's intention was to build a boat which might best the Canadians in the international fisherman's races popular at that time; to that end, Roseway was impeccably maintained and used only occasionally as a fishing boat.
In 1941, Roseway was purchased by the Boston Pilot's Association to serve as a pilot boat for Boston Harbor. Roseway continued to serve as a pilot vessel until the early 1970s, she was then sold and converted into a passenger vessel for the tourist trade. Roseway changed hands several times in the ensuing decades, operating primarily out of Camden, Maine and the US Virgin Islands. In 1997, she was listed as a National Historic Landmark. Roseway in 2002 donated the vessel to the newly founded World Ocean School.

Schooner Adventuress Grounded

Tugboats tie on to the schooner Adventuress after it ran aground Monday, at Orcas Island. No injuries were reported when the 95-year-old schooner ran aground at about noon in Wasp Passage in the San Juan Islands while sailing on a school trip. Adventuress grounded near Orcas Island could still make it to this weekend's tall ships festival in Victoria. It's scheduled to be hauled out of the water for a Coast Guard inspection Tuesday at Port Townsend. Divers who took the first look at the hull found no damage. The 95-year-old schooner is operated by the Port Townsend-based Sound Experience nonprofit for maritime and environmental education.

Queen of the North Atlantic

My Latest Photo Digital Painting : BLUENOSE II

Fishermen's scorn for the fragility of racing schooners and their crews led to the building of Lunenburg's Original Bluenose. Her launching in 1921 would be the birth of her glorious reign as Queen of the North Atlantic. Bluenose represented Nova Scotia's prominence in the fishing industry and international trade. In January, 1946, Bluenose went aground on a reef, near Haiti. She never sailed again. Like a ghost ship, she came back to life in 1963. Bluenose II was built by many of the men who had worked on the original vessel and was launched from the same shipyard. In 1971, the schooner was gifted to the Government of Nova Scotia. In the years since, its role as floating ambassador for the province has been consistent. For the rest of the story Click Here.