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15 - Wednesday, May 28, 1986 - North Shore News

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Tali ship rises in North Van

WITHIN SIGHT and sound ‘of the-ocean she sits, sclid and

‘imposing, yearning for the day when she too will feel the

wind at her back and the dark, deep mystery of the sea
beneath her keel.

-But for now, the good ship the
Reward must content herself with

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Located ¢ on the water at Mosquito Creek Marina,
Ft. ‘of Forbes, ‘North: Van, -980- 2441. .

vessel will be a near exact copy of
a 19th century topsail schooner
that once plied the seas laden with
cargo.

Society spokesman Don Tyrell.

~ explains that the Reward will be a,
“replica of the Kathleen and May,
last of the British sailing freighters .

that once carried china clay up the
coast from Cornwall to Liverpool
for the inland potteries.

But unlike her sister ship, the
132 foot Reward will have some :

changes. ;

: REDESIGNED LINES aa

Marine architects have redesign:

ed the lines to make the ship’ faster.
_and : safer, and the ull-is being ~

fashioned using fibreglass, - not
The. reason for this is ‘Wwo- fold
advantage of fibre

does lass eal ~with.’ wood, : which

io-come-by. shipwrights.’ ‘‘The-:
maintenance. of a: fibreglass: hull is
a lot easier than.a wooden ‘hull,’’

. he says,- recalling the rot that has
- plagued the hull of Bluenose I.

Unlike. the Kathleen and May, -

’ the more modern Reward will not:

be transporting 300 tons of clay, so

: the builders are adding. more-
ballast to ensure. the;ship is stable

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“Tt will not be carrying cargo,” -
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"Money: to’ build ‘the: Reward i is
coming from private ‘donations; no
government funding is used. :

“As we ‘go. along, we get the
money,” says: society~ chairman.
_ Harry + Trueman: “Adds. Tyrell, -
”. “There’s no: money. owing. on the
“ship at all.”” «"

Funds are: raised: ‘through tax’
deductable \. donations’ ‘of: $250;

which make. the donors: eligible for
wood .as with the Kathleen’ and a’
' May.” :

is in port.’

‘Much . of :the: material ‘ for. the -
“construction -has been donated’ by”
the. local::. marine’ community, :
reducing < costs -: to :
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