Vessel Registry
Owner
Registration No.
Official No.
Vessel Name
Place Constructed
Year Constructed
No. of Decks
No. of Masts
Type of Vessel
Length (ft)
Width (ft)
Gross Tonnage
Official Closure Year
Place of Closure
I'm Alone
Lunenberg, Nova Scotia
1923
1
2
Schooner
125' 6"
26' 11"
200
1929
200 miles off American Coast
The I’m Alone’s connection to Trinity and the area is that it was captained by the famous Captain Jack Randell who was from Port Rexton, a community near Trinity. Captain Randell began his military career at an early age and fought in three wars: the Boer War and the First and Second World Wars. The latter two he fought in as a member of the Navy.
The story of
the ship I’
m
Alone takes place between the Boer war and the First and Second World Wars when Captain
Jack had a bit of down time. It was during the 1920s when the United States
of America had a prohibition on alcohol in place that people got into the rumrunning trade. Captain Jack was one of these rumrunners and the attached
documents will tell you a bit about the interesting life of this gentleman
and the incident that happened in 1929 that caused some diplomatic dispute
between Canada and the United States.