The driving force behind the Marco Polo tall ship replica, which has been 30 years in the making, says he’s getting an overwhelming response in favour of it being put up at Reversing Falls.
Barry Ogden says people in the city desperately want something to feel good about and they’re also impressed by the fact the project did not have to rely on any government money.
The rigging and mast, which will be donated, can’t be put up until the rest of the ship is on the site.
Ogden telling us she is strapped to a steel cradle John Irving donated and the iron workers put together. Her hull was built by volunteers and one paid employee and her deck cabins were built by the Tobique First Nations.
