The Queen of the Grand Banks Schooners
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Rare footage of the original Bluenose schooner, racing against her Gloucester rival, the Gertrude L. Thibault, set to Stan Roger's inspiring music and voice.
Hats off to two great Canadian icons.
the Blue Nose was a for real fishing ship. and Stan Rogers is a great singer!
I can taste the salt wind air in my mouth...I can feel the heat of the Friday night bonfire on the beach burning driftwood...just a bunch of drunk teenage girls and boys playing music on a bad portable radio...oh what times we had...and we loved Stan Rogers so hard...the bastard was from Ontario but he too, like many others, found his soul somewhere out there on the shores...
My wife and I took our first vacation together driving the coast from Philadelphia to Halifax. Stopping in Lunenburg, learning about the Bluenose. Your great grampy is part of a history that extends many generations and distance.
The most beautiful of mans creations.
Thank you, Schooner Bluenose - you were the greatest of us. Your spars were strong, your keel tough. You did not deserve your sad fate. We Nova Scotians will lift a glass to you as long as we are alive.
I remember as a small boy back in '64-'65 my father, then light keeper on Sambro Island, came running to fetch me up to the base of the light tower. Kneeling next to me he pointed out to sea saying,"Look son, the Bluenose!" I had no idea what he meant but looking to where he was pointing I saw her under full sail and, "hard over as she'll lay." Her black hull cutting the water and her white sails billowed out. My father and I were the only witnesses to her sailing past the island that day and I thought then, and still think, she was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. I marvel even now that I saw the daughter ship of the Canadian legend and the pride of Nova Scotia doing what she was born to do ... making speed under full sail in rough seas!
What a wonderful memory! It'd be a lie to say that I'm only a little jealous
I have come back to this video time and time again.
YOU WIN the internet!
So amazing to see these ships - such a treasure. This video brings tears to my eyes every time.
Stan didn't grow up in nova scotia, he was from ontario but later fell in love with our eastern culture. This song is a wonderous representation of a special type of pride found only the the hard working east coast. I am proud to be hard working, hard drinking, and old fashioned.
As someone who has been in love with the Bluenose for as long as I can remember (having seen it on the back of a dime my father brought back from a trip to Canada), I say "Thank you".
My family is from Lunenburg and the surrounding county. Many of them knew Captain Angus Walters. His home still stands in Lunenburg. My uncle Aubrey who passed on years back was one of the shipbuilders for her sister ship Bluenose II, Canada's Ambassador, built in 1963. My mom, also gone now was aboard when the ship was launched.
'Hard work in every line'...indeed. The ships lines of course that are man worked.
Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship (and hard-working fishing vessel) and a symbol of the province. The name "bluenose" originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians from as early as the late eighteenth century.[1]
For my money the most beautiful of mans creations !
What a breathtaking and awe-inspiring sight! Someone once said when referring to the larger Windships such as these (and who with an ounce of romance in their heart could possible disagree?) ... .."They are simply THE most beautiful creations ever conceived by the mind of man!"
A textbook example of the now sadly and much forgotten practice of form following function.
I stood aboard the Bluenose II (the daughter mentioned in the song) in Halifax when I was a little boy. It wasn't until long after that I realised the significance of the ship.
I use to watch this as a kid :)
Three cheers for Stan, three more for for Bluenose. It's the least this Yank can do to honor two of the world's greatest. Cheers!
This is an amazing post. Well done. I never heard of Stan Rogers before but now I'm an instant fan!
I remember (as a child) the Bluenose II sailing up the LaHave River every summer... right past my front yard...I would always stop my play and stand in awe.My father and I going aboard her in Bridgewater (very fond memories indeed)... The replica was splendid in my eyes. Massive, as I remember... and full of spirit. Lovely : )
The most beautiful of all sailing ships
thanx from cape breton island,its been to long since ive heard this
It is or was also the name of the ferry between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I took the Bluenose ferry to Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 11, 1977; and to Maine on Friday, June 19, 1981.
dcroxns: ME TOO!!!! This is an old CBC intermission--the music, film, etc. This played everyday at least several times back in the early 80s on CBC television here in Nova Scotia. It wasn't really a commercial, it was an intermission and BOTH the music AND the film footage were played exactly as it appears here.
As a fan of woodenboats and Stan Rogers I thank you.:)
How wonderful to see her! Look at her go!
my great grampy is in this video :D sailor of the Bluenose!! From LUNENBURG!! :)
This live version of the song has so much power.
God this video gives me chills every time I see it.
A crying shame that such a beautiful ship Foundered. A truly terrible loss. :C
My friend this video aired on the CBC as an intermission uo to 0:58...i bet my life on it...Isougth this out for that reason, I was seven years old, and I loved this. cheers
am proud to be bluenose living in kalifornia. am born in amherst, many years ago.
Great mix of clasic music and footage. Love that ship.
THANK YOU for posting. I get a chubby looking at these boats.
Another reason, I am so grateful to be a CANADIAN.
Loved Stan when he was alive, and nice to see how he lives on, accompanied by a really nice video. Thanks.
Standing under that main, gaff sail... Best feeling in the world.
Stan Rogers is my hero
Oh, so very, very beautiful. Just amazing. Gives me some lovely visuals for the next time I read 'Captains Courageous', too.
Thank you!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :)
Not to toot my own horn, but I still am impressed with it myself, every time I look at it; it fell together perfectly!
Beautiful ships, beautiful song. Great vid.
I remember part of this use to play on the CBC as a little boy, and in the early, early 80s.
Wonderful video Magnificent ship !!!!
AnonymousXIII, thanks for the video, and the extended version as well. It surely shows the days of "wooden ships and iron men". Wish the Americas cup were run with vessels like this,instead of the "Ive got more money (or influence with the organisers) than you have" of today
Beautiful footage. We need more of this on youtube. Well done
Hard work in every mind.
The Pride of Canada is the Blue Nose.
Outstanding vocals by a very much missed icon of all things Canada.
ahhh... those were the days.
Absolutely epic!!
Still, that does not take away, not in the least, what you have done here. NO ONE, is posting this, and you had the creativity to put both together...you rule, 5-stars.
Btw, the CBC edited the clip and tune, so it was like an intermission, as few commercials appeared back then on the CBC. Form begining to end it was like a minute and a half at most.
What I love, it that YOU are the only one posting this. I respect you a lot. Cheers.
And yes, both appeared together...it was cool, thx for the post
'Bluenose' was first put out on Stan's second album "Turnaround" in 1978.
Magnifique blue nose
Thanks for posting this from an expatriate Nova Scotian (who are called "Bluenosers, BTW)
@bubbaFarnsworth
any Canadian who has ever raced under sail.....tear up when I look at a dime.
that god dam boat cant be beat
Thanks!!! This video is in the new video for matt mayes - building a boat.
Thanks for this info. Great clip and great song.
i agree, love this...
The bluenose had such a sad demise though.. Sold to run rum in the Caribbean.. In fact there is a story that during WW2, she was intercepted by a German U-Boat, whose captain told the crew of the bluenose that the only reason why he didn't sink them was that it was the famous Bluenose!
As a little boy growing up in Ontario I always wondered when I saw that ship on the 10 cent piece, what did it look like sailing. As I grew older and moved away I forgot about it until today when the thought struck me, I wonder if there are any videos of it? Thank you so much for posting such a beautiful video and the music that goes with it is phenomenal.
@bighank99 Thanks for letting me know that it was also published on the Home in Halifax recording, which I have yet to hear.
Thank you very much, and Stan Rogers is well worth being a fan, he had a definite knack for capturing the soul of his subject in song.
AnonymousXIII, you did a great job, it's people like you we rely on. cheers to you!
What I find strange was Stan Rogers was only 33 when he died, yet I used think he was ten years older. If he had survived to this day, he would have suffered the dowturn in interest in folk music in the 80's, flourished when interest picked up again in the mid 90's, and lived to be 61 today.
That was great, thank you so much!
@bubbaFarnsworth
That is not a fair comment to our fellow countrymen. Stan was born in Ontario (to NS parents). Stan was meant for everyone.
ty, glad it's so appreciated
Well, I've since found out (from this very comment list) that the song was actually written specifically to accompany this silent film clip, so obviously I wasn't the first person to think that Stan's voice and music would go well with this footage. Still, I'm glad folks like it.
Hats off indeed. Fantastic ship, fantastic song.
For the enthusiasts, check the un-musiced video by the same author of this vid. Good footage.
In the words of Wikipedia:
Fishing schooners became obsolete after World War II, and despite efforts to keep her in Nova Scotia, the undefeated Bluenose was sold to work as a freighter in the West Indies. She foundered on a Haitian reef on January 28, 1946.
@falken456 What a fantastic memory for you! How heartwarming that must be, and a comfort to you. I envy you that you have this to remember a loved one by, if you actually knew him (I never knew my grandfather, died before I could remember him). PEACE...
Thanks
You're quite welcome, and hello back from Ontario.
Ironically, the Nova Scotia Gov't felt the footage needed some music too, thus they hired Rogers to write this exact song for it. Stan statesAnd Bluenose was written for a Nova Scotia government film, about the reproduction, Bluenose II, of the Grand Banks schooner, Bluenose. We recorded it for the film, then we liked the tune so much we decided to put it on the album."
Thank you for your compliment, though it certainly isn't I who deserve it. I'm glad it can see the light of day though.
@AnonymousXIII
It is an early work of Stan's and came out on the Turnaround album in 1978.
So they are building a replica? Amazing the mass of sail those carried, when all the skirts were up.
Myself I´m crew (and own 1/697th part of :) of Klara Marie of Skillinge, SWE, built in 1884. And I can assure you, it´s hard work but worth it (to be part of a projekt like that). To see a famous ship like the Bluenose sail must be absolutely stunning.
lol, thanks; it's certainly a song which stirs my soul from time to time; and the footage is spectacular... wish I could claim responsibility for any of that, but I'm happy to have been a part of it.
great post!
@bubbaFarnsworth Pride is yours indeed, never mind the land lubber, yours will last until the end of time, from a Cape Cod Boy......
That seems to be the case, yes.
I'm glad of it, because the first thing I thought when I saw this clip was, it should be paired with this song. I'm glad I'm not the first person to think of this.
@bubbaFarnsworth im from hamiltion and i understand the maritimes pride in this song
To start with, I don't speak Spanish.
I do, however, have a smattering of Latin.
The video is from a historical archive site, and is not mine.
Thank you for your kind words.
If I understand your question correctly, you're asking the name of the song?
It's called Bluenose, and it's by Stan Rogers.
Actually there was very little for me to do; I was lucky; it paired up extremely well. It's my first ever video, I'm glad it turned out so well. Thanks though!
Oh yes, it was. But the music and footage were timed the same. But it only ran as long as the NS CBC needed the intermision.
a very fine ship. its sad that she went down with no respect from the crew abored her
O what I would do to be able to sail on the Bluenose or a replica of it!
Well, that's certainly one way to interpret it, and as valid as any other, I'd think.
Personally, I sort of think of it as asking "Who remembers those days anymore, when the Bluenose was the pride of Canada?" (I'm paraphrasing of course)
1:34: " Now her namesake DAUGHTER (II) remains to show what she has been
What every schoolboy remembers and will not come again
Dude, I swear on my life, the CBC aired this EXACTLY like you have it: both visual and audio. Amazing job, when did you do this? i saw this in the early 80s. So when I searched for it, I plugged in his name hoping to catch the clip, and thankfully you aired it.
my god, what a post!
@Englishhegemony I'm not aware of a Gordon Lightfoot version; it was written by Stan Rogers, apparently commissioned by the CBC or whoever, to accompany this piece of footage for televising.
W-O-W!!!
It's from the Home in Halifax album, put out in '93.
@bighank99 Sorry to take so long in replying; and it's true that the song came out on Turnaround in '78, but the live recording I used was from the Home in Halifax album released posthumously in '93.
They may have aired the video clip; it's from some silent footage archived by a historical society.
I added the music myself, however; so if they added it also, that's just a coincidence, I promise you; but since it is such an awesome song, totally capturing the spirit of the ship, it's entirely possible someone working at the CBC had the same idea I did
Looks like 9 of the crew of the Gertrude L Thibault showed up to dislike this video
Stan Rogers Home in Halifax
Your right it doesn't get taught in school just brief little parts here and there but here in NS I don't think that any thing can or ever will represent Nova Scotia like her. They are raising money to build the Bluenose IV because the Bluenose II is getting to old to visit other ports.