Reardon, F. Oct 15, 2014. C. Braye interviewing Francis Reardon, Corner Brook.

• Main Author: Braye, Crystal
• Other Authors: Reardon, Francis Ronald (1950-2019), Francis Reardon was born September 4, 1950 and grew up in Goose Cove East (1950-1959) and Croque (1959-1966) on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula. He moved to Bay de Verde in 1966 to complete high school before attending university for a B.Sc & BA(ed) with majors in physics & mathematics at Memorial University in St. John’s. He worked as a high school teacher and administrator on the Northern Peninsula and in the Bay of Islands. Growing up in Croque, NL, he observed boat building every winter. His parents came from a long line of boat builders (Reardons and Chaytors). He helped his father build a 30′ trap skiff and he built an 18 foot and a 20 foot speed boat, plus several boat models.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Objects; Boatbuilding; Boats; Wooden boats; Model boats; Families; Engines; Motors; Motorboats; Dories; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/380

Francis Reardon talks about birth on Northern Peninsula; biographical information; involvement with wooden boat building; family background; grandfather’s half model from Fogo Island; various boats built by family; boat type, designs and uses; inboard and outboard engines; boat building moulds; boat builders presently on the Northern Peninsula; Bay of Islands dories; evolution of engines; and dories.