Editing Bluenose (section)

===''Bluenose II''===
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In 1963, a replica of ''Bluenose'' was built at Lunenburg using the original ''Bluenose'' plans and named {{ship||Bluenose II}}. The replica was built by Smith and Rhuland, sponsored by the Oland Company.<ref name="robinson72"/> It was used as a marketing tool for the Oland Brewery [[Schooner Lager]] beer brand and as a pleasure yacht for the Oland family. ''Bluenose II'' was sold to the government of Nova Scotia in 1971 for the sum of $1 or 10 Canadian dimes. The replica schooner is used for tourism promotion as a "sailing ambassador". In honour of her predecessor's racing record, ''Bluenose II'' does not officially race. The replica has undergone several refits to extend her life. This vessel was decommissioned and dismantled in 2010, and an entirely new ''Bluenose'' (also named ''Bluenose II'', since Transport Canada deemed it a "reconstruction") was built as close to the original schooner deemed necessary and launched in Lunenburg in 2013. Various subcomponents for this ''Bluenose II'' project were supplied from notable firms including the ships keel at Snyder's Shipyard in Dayspring, the ships backbone of laminated ribs at Covey Island Boatworks in [[Riverport, Nova Scotia|Riverport]] and assembly of the vessel in Lunenburg. Much controversy has surrounded the vessel due to overspending on the "refit". After further repairs ownership of the restored ''Bluenose II'' was returned to the province of Nova Scotia and she began a tour of Nova Scotia ports in the summer of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bluenose.novascotia.ca/schedule|title=Schedule|website=bluenose.novascotia.ca |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref>

''Bluenose II'' spends much of the year tied up at the Lunenburg Foundry wharf in its home port of Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage site and origin of its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bluenose.novascotia.ca/home-port|title=Home Port|website=bluenose.novascotia.ca |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> In the summer, the schooner tours the Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, routinely stopping in ports across Nova Scotia, as well as Montreal, Quebec City and many ports of call in the United States, serving as a goodwill ambassador and promoting tourism in Nova Scotia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/archives/bluenose/results.asp?Search=&SearchList1=12&Language=English|title=Bluenose II: Goodwill Ambassador (1971- )|website=novascotia.ca |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> In the summer months, the schooner also offers onboard tours and harbour cruises.

In mid-2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]] lockdown, ''Bluenose II'' restricted its summer tour to Nova Scotia ports. The schooner's 20-person crew formed a Bluenose quarantine bubble for training, maintenance and sailing, and its visits to ports aside from Lunenburg were restricted to at-anchors or sail-pasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bluenose.novascotia.ca/schedule|title=Schedule|website=bluenose.novascotia.ca |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>