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“Be bold. Think big.”- N.S. cousins prepare to launch schooner they built in Stewiacke
Two cousins in Stewiacke, N.S. have built a 24-metre wooden schooner, just like their great-great-grandfather once did. Evan Densmore was only 22-years-old when he started designing the schooner with his cousin Nick Densmore, then 20-years-old. They set up shop in their backyard, a smaller operation than Cameron Shipyard, the business their great-great-grandfather started in South Maitland, southwest of Truro, N.S. They’ve been working on the boat for five years, full-time for the last three, said Evan Densmore, now 27. “When I started this, it was so far away that I couldn’t even really dream of it,” Densmore said. “It’s pretty cool.” Read the rest here 08:20
