Restoration of Bluenose II encounters another problem, this time with steering
Posted Apr 16, 2014 05:50:35 PM.
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Nova Scotia’s tourism minister won’t say whether the restored Bluenose II will be able to sail this spring after a steering problem was found on the schooner.
Michel Samson says work is underway on the vessel’s steering and rudder in order to address the problem.
The province’s Heritage Department says sea trials are not yet underway, and Samson says once they’re completed, the Bluenose II will return to the waters.
The steering problem is the latest in a series of issues that have plagued the delayed restoration of the schooner.
The project is over budget and Samson says the province’s auditor general will review the restoration once it is complete.
In January, Premier Stephen McNeil said his government’s goal was to have the boat back in the water in the spring.
(The Canadian Press)<
