tie the lunenburg Lunn burg met fleet the famous lunenburg fleet as the fine clipper schooners ners that fish out of the nova noia scotia port are collectively known now numbers 71 an old lunenburg custom which endured tor for years ears was to give a vessel a name containing the letter a three times some of the examples in the present fleet are found in the Au autauga lawana delamana De Pall tanna and Par portana cartana tana today however the custom tins has waned t to 0 a considerable extent roost most of the lunenburg vessels being named for or the wives and daughters of the ports captains new york times bl magazine agazine