ABS + 10 year inspection
April 9, 2024
Here are a few paragraphs regarding our ten-year inspection. The TYI, following just five years after our five year inspection, is a standard inspection process for commercial vessels. The purpose is to ensure that we are keeping up with our regular maintenance and the natural wear and tear on the ship is not beyond the expected for a ship of our age. This process is on top of our usual annual inspections.
A Look into the Last Few Months
April 12
Good day winter weary readers,
The First Day of the 2024 Season
April 1st
Good day,
The end of another season
I’m sitting here in the chartroom with bright October sunshine streaming in through the porthole. I can hear the crew chipping at rusted metalwork on deck and smell the Deks Olje oil that they are spreading on top of the coach house. We have been using Deks Olje on the ship for over forty years, making us a good product testing ground!
Hurricanes and Hector 250
Captain’s Log - September 20
August Adventures on Bluenose II
Capt. Phil Watson
Celebrating 60 years of Bluenose II
July 24, 1963, what a day in our history. With the push of Nova Scotia and some government help the Oland family undertook to recreate an icon in Canadian History. This was quite a responsibility to undertake both financially and logistically. Bluenose has a special place in many people's hearts. In the sixties, dory fishing was still being practiced on the Grand Banks, Bluenose was lost only 17 years prior, and the scar was still fresh, particularly on the south shore of Nova Scotia. The Oland family, together with William Roué and Scotia Trawler created another special vessel.
Film work and harbour cruises
“Rolling, speed, drone, ACTION!!” I could never have imagined myself in the film business but here we are once again. This week the ship has been chartered by FlyOver Canada as a lead attraction in an iMax format drone shoot. Film work is a strange affair where the art and vision of a director, writer and producer meet head on with the technical possibilities and physics of everyday life.
Pictou to Lunenburg via Northern Cape Breton
Home tomorrow, the 12th of July. Sometimes it seems like we left yesterday, sometimes like we have been gone forever. By the time we return to Lunenburg we will have travelled close to 900 nautical miles and have been gone for just over three weeks. The principal mission for the trip was to complete the required inspection while the ship was out of the water. Though events, beyond our control, the yard delayed hauling us for some time and then could not get us back in the water before the long weekend.