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Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

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There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John’s to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and handling high-strength industrial glue. Some, like John Handrigan of Placentia Junction, N.L., were drawn in by the history and felt a connection to the centuries of fishermen who had built similar boats — though without the help of power saws and Bostik 920FS marine sealant. Others wanted to learn to build their own boats or had already started. Derrick Cove was constructing a vessel in a garage outside St. John’s, in tandem with the class. “I’m retired, I don’t like sitting down and I want to try to retain some of my Newfoundland culture,” he explained during a class late last month

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Winnipeg Free Press

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John’s to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping […]

26 days ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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National Post

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John's to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and handling high-strength industrial glue.

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Coast Reporter

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John's to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and handling high-strength industrial glue.

26 days ago·Sechelt, Canada

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Sask Today

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

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Flin Flon Reminder

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

26 days ago·Flin Flon, Canada

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Rocky Mountain Outlook

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

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Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

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Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

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