The beautiful, world-renowned Schooner BLUENOSE II is a Lunenburg, Nova Scotia icon. She is one of the largest two-masted schooners in the world. The original Bluenose was launched as a Grand Banks fishing and racing schooner on 26 March 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was designed by William Roué and built by the Smith …
Canada’s border will open to fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents on August 9th. This means that we can now accept students from the USA for Bosun School! So, if you have not applied already, get your applications in straight away. Bosun School is a marine skills enhancement program for aspiring mariners who already …
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Today is the official first day of Bosun School here in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Students have arrived over the past few days and we got started with our first full day of instruction today. We’re glad to welcome students to this summer’s session! Bosun School is a land-based skills enhancement program for people who …
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Bosun School 10th Session July 14, 2021 – Sept 29, 2021 Led by Captain Daniel D. Moreland and guest instructors A Seamanship Skills Enrichment Program for Young Seafarers, and a great summer on the water along Lunenburg’s famous and historic working waterfront There is nothing better than real time at sea, …
We are all very happy and excited to be hosting a BOSUN SCHOOL session this summer in salty old Lunenburg! Boats, seamanship, sailing, heaps of rigging, fixing boats and ships, varnishing and painting and all the rest is what will occupy our summer days here on the South Western shore soon. There is nothing better …
Bosun School 2021 Update: New Dates and Scholarships! Read More »
Flexibility and patience are lessons that ships and the sea teach, we learn to work with the environmental conditions we’re given. Now we’re applying that lesson to organizing the Bosun School – we’re announcing that the start of Bosun School has been delayed by two weeks, starting June 21 instead of June 7. Nova Scotia …
THE BOSUN SCHOOL – SUMMER 2021 174 Bluenose Drive – Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada WHY BOSUN SCHOOL? Today there are many excellent programs for mariners on subjects to do with training for emergency situations. Fire fighting tools and techniques, understanding life rafts, correct use of immersion suits, life jackets and more. These courses are very …
We are pleased to announce that we are setting up for Bosun School this coming summer 2021 here in Lunenburg Harbour at our wharf and warehouse at the east end of Bluenose Drive and Lunenburg’s working waterfront. All who sign up will get a chance to acquire and hone heaps of ship and boat skills …
Today, Friday August 28, is the last day of Picton Castle’s 2020 summer Bosun School. We celebrated the students and their achievements a bit early, holding a graduation dinner and ceremony on Tuesday evening. One of our students had to leave a few days early to start a job, working as a deckhand on the …
Slowly, ever so slowly, it is sinking in that Bosun School is coming to a close. Only one more week! Where have those days and weeks gone? Coming to think of it, it is, in fact, surprising that time has not run away even faster. The sheer amount of things that we have been up …
