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The Art of Wooden Boat Building - A Dying Skill - The Vokey Family

 

 

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An excerpt of an interview with Henry Vokey that was completed by a Student Researcher, Henry Vokey, regarding the types of boats he would built in Little Harbour.

Hazel: What types of boats did you build in Little Harbour?

Henry: Well mmm, we never built no big ones, not long, not big, longliners but we built them up to 40 feet, from 20 to 40 feet.

Hazel: So what were they used for?

Henry: Fishing.

Hazel: Fishing.

Henry: Yeah.

 

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