Schooners - Bluenose II by stownsend

Schooners - Bluenose II

We left Nova Scotia and took 3 days and 2 nights to reach Gloucester, Maine. The weather was good and the passage was uneventful except that we met our best Canadian friends on the radio as we all traveled together to Maine. When we reached Gloucester we finally got to meet them for real! We would continue to travel together almost every day for the next 9 months.

The second day we were in Gloucester there was a Schooner Fest and there she was - Bluenose II whom we first met in Lunenburg. It won't be the last time we see her in our travels.
Great processing on this shot! I looked at the thumbnail and it instantly reminded me of the old schooner paintings.

I'm really enjoying hearing all about your cruising adventure! My husband and I hope to get the chance to spend some time cruising someday, but I need to improve my skills a lot before then.
June 10th, 2010  
This is beautiful--I love how you processed it too
June 10th, 2010  
I also love the processing on this. It looks old and vintage-y.
June 10th, 2010  
I like the way you have done this. Is it sepia?
June 10th, 2010  
Wow!
June 10th, 2010  
Beautiful!
June 10th, 2010  
Fabulous!
June 11th, 2010  
WOW, great pic,love the processing!
June 11th, 2010  
really nice picture!
June 11th, 2010  
This is awesome.. great shot!!
June 11th, 2010  
This is beautiful!
June 11th, 2010  
Suzie, as usual, your photos are amazing... this one is so beautiful. It does look like a painting. The adventures you had are right out of a book. You should write one!
June 11th, 2010  
just lovely. really really great shot.
June 11th, 2010  
i love schooners. beautiful shot!
June 11th, 2010  
this is a fantastic photo! well compositioned, beautiful colour and tones and in a lovely setting!
June 11th, 2010  
A gaff-rig schooner! This is my fantasy vessel. Thanks for sharring the photo.
June 11th, 2010  
great shot !!!
June 11th, 2010  
So recognizable! I spotted this on the popular page, and I knew it had to be your picture! What a beauty...so sad we won't have the pleasure of seeing her sailing this summer (while she's having renovations). I made it a fave...so should ALL the Canadians...what an icon!
June 11th, 2010  
FYI. my daughter, Ashley's picture is on the PP, too, with Lunenburg behind her husband, John http://365project.org/lulu/365/2010-06-10 (she has another of her dad she just put up today, also.) You wondered if we golfed...looks like all the family but me.
June 11th, 2010  
wow! love it!
June 11th, 2010  
I didn't zero in on the Bluenose II in Ashley's picture until you made comment! How fun that it comes out for a bow (no pun intended) twice in the same day!
June 11th, 2010  
What a beauty!
June 12th, 2010  
How beautiful! I want to go...
June 12th, 2010  
amazing!
June 12th, 2010  
Wow so gorgeous! This reminds me of some paintings my dad used to have.
June 12th, 2010  
Suzie, I saw this on the popular page and I knew it was you!! What a gorgeous photo! I love the processing! You need to frame it! An absolute FAV!
June 12th, 2010  
This is beautiful - wow, what an amazing sailing boat and a lovely photograph - I've really enjoyed your pictures and stories of your Nova Scotia trip - it's somewhere I would love to go one day. We have sailed in Greece and are hoping to go again this summer...
June 12th, 2010  
The Bluenose II is so beautiful and recognizable.Your are taking such wonderful pictures along your trip.
July 21st, 2010  
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