Wooden boats

With the addition of sails this week, the Leah Caroline will be ready to head out into Trinity Bay. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 1 width:500px;height:375px With the addition of sails this week, the Leah Caroline will be ready to head out into Trinity Bay. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 2 width:500px;height:375px The Leah Caroline was made by Henry Vokey of Trinity and named for his late wife, Caroline and his great-great-grandaughter.— Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 3 width:500px;height:375px As music played, the visitors came and went aboard the newly built two-masted schooner Leah Caroline on Saturday afternoon. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 4 width:500px;height:375px The Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador in Winterton. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 5 width:500px;height:375px

A wooden boat is seen in front of the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador in Winterton on July 7, 2012. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 6 width:500px;height:375px One of Clarence Green’s last creations sits tied to a community wharf in Winterton Saturday, July 7, 2012. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 7 width:500px;height:375px Boats laid up in Winterton. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 8 width:500px;height:375px One of the few remaining wooden boat builders, Clarence Green of Winterton has not built a new boat in 10 years, but still completes the odd repair. Green built small boats — rodneys and flat bottoms — rather than large schooners. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 9 width:500px;height:375px Few boats are tied to the long, community wharf in Winterton on July 7, 2012. According to area residents, space becomes tight when the food fishery opens and visitors from Conception Bay South and further East flood in. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 10 width:500px;height:375px

A wooden boat in Winterton. July 7, 2012. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 11 width:500px;height:375px A wooden boat in Winterton. July 7, 2012. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 12 width:500px;height:375px The wooden boat tied to the Hiscock shed in Winterton. “Like ya Would.” — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 13 width:500px;height:375px Near the Winterton fish plant, a mixture of boats typically tie up. Fewer and fewer are wooden boats made by local builders. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 14 width:500px;height:375px Sleek boats — like this one seen in Winterton — are becoming more common than handcrafted wood vessels. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 15 width:500px;height:375px

Shed beside the launch site of the Leah Caroline. Another boat, not yet complete, is stored inside. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 16 width:500px;height:375px Checking out an unfinished boat near the launch site of the Leah Caroline in Trinity.— Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 17 width:500px;height:375px Inside the shed beside the launch site. Sawdust covers the ground. The Vokey boat was built outside, but a second vessel is underway inside.— Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 18 width:500px;height:375px An under-construction boat in a shed in Trinity. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram 19 height:500px;width:375px