By Canadian Press

Nova Scotia thieves steal Bluenose captain’s historic weather vane

Jul 27, 2017 | 2:15 PM

LUNENBURG, N.S. — The RCMP are seeking the public’s help in the theft of an historic object once owned by Nova Scotia’s most famous sea captain — Capt. Angus Walters, skipper of the schooner Bluenose.

The Mounties say that some time between last September and July 17, someone broke into a property in Kingsburg, N.S., and stole a brass weather vane once owned by Walters, who skippered the famous schooner during its racing heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.

The 45-centimetre weather vane is in the shape of a sperm whale, and was stolen from a shed.

Police say the item holds sentimental as well as historic value.

Built in Lunenburg in 1921, the original Bluenose was a Grand Banks schooner often used for fishing, but it won international fame for its speed — routinely defeating the fastest American schooners.

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The Canadian Press