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Jeanie on the block?

February 16, 2011

By Staff Reporter

Meanwhile, a buyer could well end up forking out a lot more than the $12,000 in Canadian currency, which was required to pilot the Famine-era sailing ship over the roughly 150 miles from Quebec City to Montreal and back.
The future role of the controversial ship, when it returns from its extensive North American tour in November, is under consideration by the board of the company that rescued her, it was learned this week.
The Jeanie Johnston, which was plagued by cost overruns during construction, is due to leave St John’s in Newfoundland Oct. 23 and arrive back in Ireland on Nov. 15.
What will happen to the ship on its return is still not clear. But there have been reports that it could be offered for sale for about

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