COMET II
Flag: Canada
Homeport: Lahave River Yacht Club, Nova Scotia
Rig: Gaff Schooner
LOA: 44 ft 8"
LOD: 42 ft
LWL: 35 ft
Beam: 11 ft 6"
Draft: 5 ft 6"
Built: Second Peninsula, Nova Scotia - 1981
Major Rebuild 1996
Designer: Amos Stevens
Builder: David M. Stevens
The original 45’ gaff-rigged schooner COMET, Circa 1910 was, like the Bluenose, a vessel of legendary speed. She was designed, built, and sailed by Amos Stevens of Big Tancook Island. The schooner Comet was named in honour of Halley's Comet, which passed by planet Earth during the summer that her namesake was launched.