Overview
- The hull entered the water on November 7, briefly oscillated at full float, then stabilized and was towed into the port dársena for months of fitting-out.
- Technicians had preloaded 50,000 kilograms of stone ballast to manage stability during the botadura, with tugs escorting the first transit inside the bay.
- Thousands lined both shores as ETB broadcast the ceremony live, with a cider baptism replacing champagne and traditional gestures marking the descent.
- Albaola led the 10–12 year reconstruction using period shipbuilding techniques and volunteer labor informed by Parks Canada research and findings documented by Selma Huxley-Barkham and Robert Grenier.
- Organizers reaffirm a program to step the masts, rig and equip the vessel this winter, pursue a commemorative Atlantic crossing to Red Bay in summer 2027, and operate it thereafter as a ship‑museum.