News
  • Our 65th Anniversary Schooner Race Week will be held in Hubbards from August 2-8. ​Schooner Family Day, open to all, is on Aug 2 from 1-5 on the wharf at Hubbards, racing is from Aug 3 – 8.

  • Our new website will be launching soon. Please check back soon!
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50th Anniversary Race Week, Hubbards Cove.
The Nova Scotia Schooner Association was formed to further interest in and preservation of Nova Scotia Schooners and to hold schooner races in Nova Scotian waters at least once each year to determine the Nova Scotian Schooner Championship.
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Racing in Riverport. © Derek Driver
Racing is great fun for all. Spectacular views of the fleet manoeuvring in close quarters may often be had by spectators watching from ashore. 
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Learning to whip a line. © MQRhinelander
Traditional vessels require traditional skills. It's never too early to begin to learn marlinespike seamanship, and to work on building a repertoire of knots, splices and whippings.