Mayo, E. June 30, 2018. Crystal Braye interviewing Ed Mayo, Burin.

Interview focused on swamp boats (also known as swamp bottom), a style of boat that was unique to the Burin area in Placentia Bay. Dr. Mayo has a personal interest in boats and had begun construction on a swamp boat at the time of this interview. He had previously been in contact with Crystal while...

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Main Author: Braye, Crystal
Other Authors: Mayo, Ed (1949-), Ed Mayo was born March 21, 1949 and grew up in Burin Bay. He completed university in Halifax and returned to Burin in the 1970s to begin practising medicine. He has always had an interest in boats and has built a few as a pastime.
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/342
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Summary:Interview focused on swamp boats (also known as swamp bottom), a style of boat that was unique to the Burin area in Placentia Bay. Dr. Mayo has a personal interest in boats and had begun construction on a swamp boat at the time of this interview. He had previously been in contact with Crystal while researching the design and construction details of this boat. Note that during the interview Ed refers to a “southscott dory,” but intended to mean “swampscott dory.” "0:00:00 Audio starts while Ed is talking about William “Billy” Paul whose family owned swamp boats. “When he was a teenager, that was his interest when he came home from school. He’d go down the store where they were building them each winter… He can basically see every part of the boat in his mind…” 0:00:50 Crystal discusses Sylvester Churchill in St. Lawrene who used to own swamp boat. He has two photos, one of which was given to Rick Rennie to build a model from. 0:01:20 Ed refers to pictures of model he had previously sent to Crystal [see: Burin_Swamp Boat Model (1)-(8)] and says he found another one. Says there were 4 models built by the same man and he has seen two of them. Believes his name is Matthew Manning - was not a builder but did the models. His brother may have built full size. Sharon Manning in Epworth was helpful in providing Ed with details. 0:04:10* Crystal asked how he became interested in swamp boats. Says he was always interested in boats in general. Grandfathers owned boats. Neighbours from Great Burin had a dory and he remembers always asking to go out in it. “The deal was if I passed grade eight, I didn’t want a bike. I wanted a boat. And my father, he kept his word. I passed grade eight, and he must have planned it because within a week this new maybe 10 or 11 foot flat, like a dory shape but cut off on the stern, arrived. And it was exclusively mine. The first thing I did was take a sheet - stole a sheet basically - from my mother and made a sail. We had a lot of fun in that thing in high school. When I left home after high ...