MAX CLARK'S NEW MOTOR-BOAT.
This is the real McCoy, an authentic Newfoundland "motorboat" , powered by a 6 1/2 hp Acadia make an'break engine, and built by an elder craftsman in Trinity. This is a unique Newfoundland design, developed and honed by many generations of Newfoundland fisherman This is a skill that will be lost to the new Newfoundland generations who must comply with the utterly stupid DFO regulations which result in fishermen having to go to sea in ugly ducklings and floating coffins. Perhaps there is nothing that can better illustrate the absurdity of Newfoundland being governed by Ottawa.
A couple of summers ago I had occasion to visit the boat museum in Winterton. I couldn't believe what they have on display there as a Newfoundland motor-boat. This is a band-saw job, and no more like a real Nfld. boat than Buggs Bunny is like a rabbit. Perhaps they intended this only as a mock-up to con the tourists. However, It is an embarrassment to have this in a museum. Surely the genuine article would be more apropos. Thanks to people like Max Clark who provide a market and encouragement, there will be reason to keep the old traditional craft alive and boat builders occupied until they too pass away.
A couple of summers ago I had occasion to visit the boat museum in Winterton. I couldn't believe what they have on display there as a Newfoundland motor-boat. This is a band-saw job, and no more like a real Nfld. boat than Buggs Bunny is like a rabbit. Perhaps they intended this only as a mock-up to con the tourists. However, It is an embarrassment to have this in a museum. Surely the genuine article would be more apropos. Thanks to people like Max Clark who provide a market and encouragement, there will be reason to keep the old traditional craft alive and boat builders occupied until they too pass away.
I did not take this photo; it was given to me by Max It was taken in Trinity .
posted by Lloyd | 10:10 PM
4 Comments:
I recognized this point of land.
I could probably guess who built the boat as well.
Looking at a boat like that takes me back...with a "homesick" feeling.
Thanks for sharing the "spruce buds" also.
Thanks!
Those boats and others of their kin: rodney, skiff, and punt , are tue works of art. Things of beauty!!
When I was about 9 years old, my Dad and I built a punt. The launching of her was a memory that I will always cherish. Thanks for this Lloyd. Dave
I loved those little rodneys.
always wished I could own one. Paddled many times around various harbours and across some tickles in one of them. They had beautiful lines, like a beautiful woman. :o)
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