A schooner is a sailing vessel used for transporting cargo. Two of these work in Bigg City Port.
The Dark Blue Schooner
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.
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Gallery
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The White Schooner
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
Gallery
Television Series
Promotional Material
Miscellaneous
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.
| TUGBOATS | Sunshine (previously) | Billy Shoepack* | Sea Rogue* | Sea Rogue's Uncle* | Burke and Blair |
|---|---|
| OTHER WATERCRAFTS | Lillie Lightship | Old Rusty* | Little Ditcher | Top Town Crane* | Shrimpers | Fishing Boats | Schooners | The Galleon | The Old Paddle Boat** | Pearl* | Barges | Light Barge* | Buoys |
| LAND VEHICLES | Puffa* | Little Owl* | Rolling Stock* | Cranes |
| PEOPLE | The Fuel Depot Manager* | Boomer's Old Captain* |
| FLEETS | Salvage Fleet* |
| LOCATIONS | Mittsville* | Uptown* | The Munitions Factory* | The Fuel Depot* | Dun Tuggin'* | Oil Yard* | The Breaker's Yard | The Logging Camp* | The Sawmill* | Big Boulder Rock Co.* | Melon Produce Company* | The Old Docks* | Dock Railway* | Several small quays* |











































