"Twin Schooners" Near Completion in Lunenburg

The Town of Lunenburg will turn the clocks back this weekend and re-visit its historic shipbuilding past. The last plank will be fitted onto the hulls of the "Twin Schooners" on Saturday afternoon. Known as a shutter or whiskey plank, the occasion is traditionally marked by the captain or builders pouring a glass of their favourite drink over the plank. Construction of the two 48 foot wooden schooners began in December of 2009. At the time, it marked the first large scale boat building on the Lunenburg waterfront in 30 years. The ceremony get underway outside the historic Lunenburg Dory Shop on Saturday at 2PM. Actor Billy Campbell of AMC's "The Killing" will own one of the schooners and will be in attendence