Schooner

A schooner is a sailing vessel used for transporting cargo. Two of these work in Bigg City Port.

The Dark Blue Schooner

The Dark Blue Schooner
Background Information
First appearance	Sunshine (1989)
Last appearance	Bigg Freeze (1989)
Technical Details
Vessel	Sailing ship
Type	Schooners

A schooner with a dark blue hull once resided at Bigg City Port and Upriver.

Biography

When it was the big heatwave in Bigg City Port, the blue schooner was found to have sickness aboard. It had to stay anchored out of port out in the estuary and fly a checkered flag to show that it's in quarantine for forty days and to avoid all shipping to stay clear.

Captain Star once ordered Boomer to tow the blue schooner out to sea early morning, but unfortunately, lightning struck the schooner's sails. The Fire Tug later towed Boomer and the burnt-out schooner back to Bigg City Port. However, Fire Tug claimed that it was not lightning but sparks from Boomer's stack.

Technical Details

Basis

The schooners are based on the real sailing ships of the same name. The origins of schooner rigged vessels is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century. Schooners were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Livery

The blue schooner was painted dark blue with brown lining, with white masts.

Appearances

Episode List Sunshine Pirate Regatta Munitions Warrior High Tide Quarantine Ghosts Jinxed High Winds Up River Bigg Freeze

Television Series

Promotional Material

Miscellaneous

A schooner in Thomas & Friends

The White Schooner

The White Schooner
Background Information
First appearance	Sunshine (1989)
Last appearance	Bigg Freeze (1989)
Technical Details
Vessel	Sailing ship
Type	Schooners

A schooner with a white hull once resided at Bigg City Port and Upriver.

Biography

When it was the big heatwave in Bigg City Port, the white schooner was found to have sickness aboard. It had to stay anchored out of port out in the estuary and fly a checkered flag to show that it's in quarantine for forty days and to avoid all shipping to stay clear.

Technical Details

Basis

The schooners are based on the real sailing ships of the same name. The origins of schooner rigged vessels is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century. Schooners were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Livery

The white schooner was painted white with light brown lining, with white masts.

Appearances

Episode List Sunshine Pirate Regatta Munitions Warrior High Tide Quarantine Ghosts Jinxed High Winds Up River Bigg Freeze

Television Series

Promotional Material

Miscellaneous

A schooner in an annual illustration

The white schooner in Thomas & Friends

After Tugs

After TUGS' production ended, the two models of the schooners were reused in the Thomas & Friends television series. The involved models were used on-set as background props for the harbours.

Bigg City Port

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* Television Series only | ** Annuals only | --- Cut

Up River

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* Television Series only | ** Annuals only