Show tiie the lunenburg fleet the famous lunenburg fleet as the fine clipper schooners ners that fish out of the nova kova port grecol arel collectively known now numbers 71 an old lunenburg custom which endured for years was to give a vessel a name containing the letter a three times some of the examples esam plea in the present fleet are bond found in the autauga Au De lawona lawana Pall tanna and cartana Par tana today however the custom has waned to a co considerable extent most of the lunenburg vessels being named for the wives and daughters ot of the ports captains new kew york times magazine |