Feltham, S. June 29, 2012. Crystal Braye interviewing Sam Feltham about boat building, Glovertown

• Main Author: Braye, Crystal
• Other Authors: Feltham, Samuel L., Sam Feltham was born on Deer Island, Bonavista Bay on March 3, 1928. He learned how to build boats as a young boy, by watching older men while they built boats to use in the fisheries. He built his first full-size Rodney at the age of fifteen, the same year he went to work as a cook on a vessel in the Labrador fishery. Sam also spent one season on a coal delivery boat before going to work aboard the Winifred Lee in 1950. The Winifred Lee was a coastal boat that met the Kyle in Hopedale and go as far as Nutak, providing passenger and freight service along the northern Labrador coast. In the winter, Sam continued to build boats that were sold for use at Labrador posts. He has built more than 100 boats including rodneys, punts, dorys, motor boats, speed boats, and cabin cruisers.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Objects; Architecture; building and construction; Boatbuilding; Boats; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/103

Sam Feltham talks about building a punt