Feltham, B. Bill Feltham displaying a wooden knee used in boat building, Glovertown

• Main Author: Braye, Crystal
• Other Authors: Feltham, William James, William (Bill) James Feltham was born on Deer Island in 1938 to Noah and Daisy Feltham. Bill fished on Deer Island with his father, grandfather, and his Uncle Ralph from the age of 11 to 18 years old. As a boy, Bill recalls helping his father and uncle build boats. When Bill finished high school in 1955, he moved from Deer Island to Glovertown where he became a teacher at Glovertown Academy and raised three children with his wife Edith (nee Butt). In Glovertown, Bill built several boats with his father-in-law Clyde Butt and about half a dozen others on his own.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Objects; Architecture; building and construction; Boatbuilding; Boats; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/boatmuseum/id/90

Bill Feltham holding a wooden knee used in boat building. A knee is a naturally curved piece of wood used to brace the frame. The direction of the grain in the wood is important when locating a suitable knee. In a strong knee, the wood grain follows the curve.