BLUENOSE 2 … Part 1

On Saturday, Rose and I head for Niagara Falls, Ontario. My Summer Holidays. We’ll be gone 9 days so I don’t know if I’ll be able to post anything during that time. I’ll try.
I was born in Ontario, but I’ve never been back there since I was 2 years old. This is going to be interesting.


Fare Thee Well Love / The Rankin Family

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia / July 28, 2016

Last year however, my Summer Holiday was extra special – a gift from Rose – a sail on the Bluenose 2 Schooner – the only item on my bucket list. And this was to be the first sail of what they called Crew for the Day – where they take just a few folks as guest crew for the day. It cost 500 bucks, but it was worth every dime.

Building up to it though, had 2 fears : the weather – would it be windy, rainy? … foggy … or what? And sea sickness. I hadn’t been out on the ocean for a long time and if there was going to large swells, well … how would I handle it? I didn’t know …


We were up at dawn and headed down to the dock …

Clear sky … no wind.

Rendezvous at Bluenose Store … first to arrive.

Muster. There’s about 12 of us.
Captain Phil Watson fills us in.

Peek inside … lots of Bluenoses.

They give us a Bluenose windbreaker and a t-shirt.
We head down to the dock. 

Permission to board. 

Ready to go … 

Crew introduction.

That gal looks heavy, but she was a hell of a Seaman/Woman.

Everybody was great.

Head below to sign in. 

A bit more orientation … 

… that’s port side. No smirking. 

Waiting to cast off … 

 

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8 thoughts on “BLUENOSE 2 … Part 1”

  1. This is a really great post on your vacation to Nova Scotia on the Blue Nose II. I really like all the the great pictures on your post. Have a great vacation in Niagara Falls .

    Thanks

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