"Bluenose"s captain and part owner for most of her fishing and racing career was Angus Walters. As Walters only had master's papers for home waters, "Bluenose" in some international races was sometimes under the command of the deepsea Lunenburg captain George Myra until the schooner reached the racing port. The crew of "Bluenose" during her fishing career were mostly from Lunenburg but also included several Newfoundlanders. Crew were paid either by the size of the catch when they returned to port or some took a share in the vessel, known as a "sixty-fourth".