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Riggers scramble to fit a jib

Described in Backman, Bluenose (1965) as 'Riggers scramble to fit a jib, fresh from the sail-loft, as Bluenose prepares to meet a new challenger.'

Date: 1938

Photographer: W.R. MacAskill

Reference: W.R. MacAskill Nova Scotia Archives 1987-453 no. 304

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