Bluenose 2 Limited 24"

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - JUST PULL OUT OF THE BOX AND DISPLAY
NO masts to assemble, NO rigging to tie, NO wrinkled sails, NO hassles!
Don't buy from other sellers until you ask if it is FULLY ASSEMBLED!

24" L x 4" W x 20" H (1:75 scale)

This newly designed Limited Edition museum-quality scale replica Bluenose 2 yacht is offered exclusively by Handcrafted Model Ships, and includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 250 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original Bluenose yacht, our Bluenose 2 model yacht offers features not available by other sellers such as:

-  Arrives fully assembled
-  Cloth flags
-  More accurate and higher-quality deck components and details
-  Separate display base

 The Limited Edition Bluenose 2 Yacht features the following upgrades over our regular Bluenose 2 model yacht:   

-  Additional and higher-quality deck details
-   Authentic cloth Canadian flag has been added
-   Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Bluenose 2 yacht
-   Upgraded, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel has been added
-   Additional upgraded structures on the deck have been added, including intricately painted windows
-   2 scale high quality tied-down lifeboats with oars on the stern of the deck have been upgraded, to mimic the actual Bluenose 2 yacht
- Added deck details such as buckets and barrels
-   Higher quality sails with additional rigging:  The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual Bluenose 2 yacht at the time it sailed.  We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer.  Also, additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual Bluenose 2 yacht
-     Removable base:  The Limited Edition Yacht can be removed from the high-quality wooden display base.  Accordingly it can be cleaned and examined in detail much more easily. 

The Bluenose is the pride of Canadian Yachting due to it's incredible performances in the International Fisherman's Trophy races held in the 1920's and 30's. She was the winner of the race 4 times in just 7 entries. In 1937 she was forever immortalized as the Canadian Mint put her likeness on the ten cent piece. In 1955 both the schooner and her Captain, Angus Walters, were inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame for their contribution to their country.

In 1963 a replica of the original was built to commemmorate the pride and glory of the original. Bluenose II was built to the original specs but she was not built to race, but rather to preserve a heritage. In 1971 Bluenose II was sold to the province of Nova Scotia and she is dry docked in Lunenberg. Tours are conducted six months annually.

The Preservation Trust

On October 31, 1994, the Province of Nova Scotia, owner of the schooner Bluenose II, having decided to scuttle the ship, handed over possession of Bluenose II to a group of us volunteers. Our mandate was to restore the ship to full operational status and to maintain and operate her for the people of Nova Scotia. Over the winter of 1994-95 we restored the ship’s hull, and she was recommissioned in May 1995. Under an agreement with the Province we maintained and operated Bluenose II with pride and success until March 31, 2005.

Volunteers incorporated under the name Bluenose II Preservation Trust Society, a not-for-profit organization, on November 17, 1994, when they also were registered as a charity under the Income Tax Act of Canada.

In 1995, they established a trust fund to preserve the legacies of traditional seamanship skills and the craft of building great wooden ships, as now represented by Bluenose II. Funds are raised through public donations and proceeds from sales in the Bluenose II Company Store, which was established by the Trust in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in the spring of 1995.

Nova Scotians and supporters of the Bluenose legacy from across Canada, indeed from around the world, can be part of that “wooden ships and iron men” legacy through donations to the Trust. Tax receipts are issued for all donations of $5.00 and over.

Funds are raised through the operation of the vessel, public donations, licensing the use of the image of the ship and her predecessor, and sales in the Bluenose II Ship's Company Store.