Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within.
Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus in 1989, St. Jones Within. This boat measures nineteen feet, six inches long with a beam of just over six feet. Calvie used spruce for timbers and constructed the keel, deadwood, sternpost and counter strakes from juniper. She was planked with spruce from the garboa...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:boatmuseum/239 2023-12-31T10:18:40+01:00 Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. Braye, Crystal Meadus, Calvert (Calvie) (1927-) "Calvert (Calvie) Meadus was born in the now resettled community of Loreburn, in Trinity Bay, on December 23, 1927. He learned how to build boats by watching and helping his father, Keid (Caleb), and Uncle Lige Elijah Price, as they built boats using a three-piece mould design method. In 1942, Calvie went to work building boats at the Clarenville Shipyard – the same year they built the shipyard itself. He worked at the shipyard for two or three years, playing a role in the construction of ten identical 500 tonne vessels known as the Splinter Fleet. Calvie spent most of his life as a fisherman and built boats in the off-season. " Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—Trinity Bay—St. Jones Within Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—Trinity Bay—St. Jones Within 2012-09-22 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/239 unknown Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/239 CC BY-NC 2.0 CA Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Objects Work Architecture building and construction Boatbuilding Boats Motorboats Wooden boats Wooden objects Still Image Photograph 2012 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus in 1989, St. Jones Within. This boat measures nineteen feet, six inches long with a beam of just over six feet. Calvie used spruce for timbers and constructed the keel, deadwood, sternpost and counter strakes from juniper. She was planked with spruce from the garboard to just above the waterline, and with fir planks the rest of the way up to the gunwales. Designed for a three horsepower marine engine, this motorboat has a hull speed of just over five knots. She is outfitted with a three horsepower Atlantic marine engine built by the Lunenberg Foundry in Nova Scotia. As he does with all his motorboats, Calvie included tiller lines (reins) to allow the boat to be steered while tending to the engine. Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Objects Work Architecture building and construction Boatbuilding Boats Motorboats Wooden boats Wooden objects Braye, Crystal Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. |
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Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus in 1989, St. Jones Within. This boat measures nineteen feet, six inches long with a beam of just over six feet. Calvie used spruce for timbers and constructed the keel, deadwood, sternpost and counter strakes from juniper. She was planked with spruce from the garboard to just above the waterline, and with fir planks the rest of the way up to the gunwales. Designed for a three horsepower marine engine, this motorboat has a hull speed of just over five knots. She is outfitted with a three horsepower Atlantic marine engine built by the Lunenberg Foundry in Nova Scotia. As he does with all his motorboats, Calvie included tiller lines (reins) to allow the boat to be steered while tending to the engine. |
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Meadus, Calvert (Calvie) (1927-) "Calvert (Calvie) Meadus was born in the now resettled community of Loreburn, in Trinity Bay, on December 23, 1927. He learned how to build boats by watching and helping his father, Keid (Caleb), and Uncle Lige Elijah Price, as they built boats using a three-piece mould design method. In 1942, Calvie went to work building boats at the Clarenville Shipyard – the same year they built the shipyard itself. He worked at the shipyard for two or three years, playing a role in the construction of ten identical 500 tonne vessels known as the Splinter Fleet. Calvie spent most of his life as a fisherman and built boats in the off-season. " |
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Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. |
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Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. |
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Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. |
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Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. |
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Meadus, Calvie. September 22, 2012. Motor boat built by Calvie Meadus, St. Jones Within. |
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meadus, calvie. september 22, 2012. motor boat built by calvie meadus, st. jones within. |
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