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|description={{en|1=ACC#87-0082, Footage of the [[:en:Bluenose|Bluenose]] racing the Gertrude L. Thibault.
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|description={{en|1=ACC#87-0082, Footage of the [[:en:Bluenose|Bluenose]] racing the [[:en:Gertrude L. Thebaud|Gertrude L. Thebaud]] (Thibault in original video title).

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In autumn of 1938, the Bluenose and the [[:en:Gertrude L. Thebaud|Gertrude L. Thebaud]] (Thibault in video title), the two most famous [[:en:Grand Banks|Grand Banks]] fishing [[:en:Schooner|schooners]], came together in a series of races off [[:en:Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester] and [[:en:Boston|Boston]], [[:en:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]].
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In autumn of 1938, the Bluenose and the Gertrude L. Thebaud, the two most famous [[:en:Grand Banks|Grand Banks]] fishing [[:en:Schooner|schooners]], came together in a series of races off [[:en:Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] and [[:en:Boston|Boston]], [[:en:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]].

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This was likely to be the last [[:en:International Fishermen's Trophy|International Fishermen's Trophy]] as the [[:en:Age of Sail|age of sail] was coming to an abrupt end. The two schooners were to race best 3 out of 5 for what was to be the last race of its kind.
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This was likely to be the last [[:en:International Fishermen's Trophy|International Fishermen's Trophy]] as the [[:en:Age of Sail|age of sail]] was coming to an abrupt end. The two schooners were to race best 3 out of 5 for what was to be the last race of its kind.

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Bluenose, Queen of the North Atlantic Fishing Fleet, build and operated out of [[:en:Lunenburg, Nova Scotia|Lunenburg]], [[:en:Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia], [[:en:Canada|Canada]], was aging, now 17 years old. Arguments broke out upon arrival in Gloucester as to how much ballast it required or was allowed to carry.
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Bluenose, "Queen of the North Atlantic Fishing Fleet", built and operated out of [[:en:Lunenburg, Nova Scotia|Lunenburg]], [[:en:Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia]], [[:en:Canada|Canada]], was aging, now 17 years old. Arguments broke out upon arrival in Gloucester as to how much ballast it required or was allowed to carry.

Race 1 - 9 October - Bluenose lost its [[:en:Mast (sailing)|foretopmast]] and Thebaud won by nearly three minutes.

Race 1 - 9 October - Bluenose lost its [[:en:Mast (sailing)|foretopmast]] and Thebaud won by nearly three minutes.
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Race 5 (final) - 26 October - In light winds and despite breaking the [[:en:Topsail|topsail]] [[:en:Halyard|halyard]] close to the finish line, Bluenose takes the race by less than three minutes, maintaining its title and long history, a testament to shipbuilders of Nova Scotia.

Race 5 (final) - 26 October - In light winds and despite breaking the [[:en:Topsail|topsail]] [[:en:Halyard|halyard]] close to the finish line, Bluenose takes the race by less than three minutes, maintaining its title and long history, a testament to shipbuilders of Nova Scotia.

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Wallace MacAskill captured this final race in silent colour film.
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Wallace MacAskill (1887-1956) captured this final race in silent colour film.

Format: 1 film reel (00:05:14 hrs.) : silent, colour.}}

Format: 1 film reel (00:05:14 hrs.) : silent, colour.}}

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