***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:20:00
A story about sailing past Seal Island on his way back from New York on the M. M. Gardner, with mention of Devil's Limb; schooner, 1922, ballast, sails, M. M. Gardner, Jack Reid, Seal Island, Cape Sable, Devil's Limb, New York, Fred Polley, lighthouse, Blonde Rock, Louisbourg, gales, John Tuddy, Freddy A. Higgins, reefing the sails, Cape Cod, three-master.
SIDE A 00:20:00 -- 00:22:29
Discussion about the Marine, with a description of the different sails and rigging; Marine, photograph, sails, schooner, three-master, mainsail, topsail, jib, staysail.
SIDE A 00:22:30 -- 00:25:28
Discussion about the term "slushing the spars", with mention of acquiring Master's papers; spars, grease, Master's papers.
SIDE A 00:25:28 -- 00:30:19
A story about nearly colliding with the Victory Chimes; Victory Chimes, schooner, 1922, New York, tonnage, Captain MacDonald, John A. MacDonald, Cardigan, Pictou.
SIDE A 00:30:19 -- 00:31:51
Discussion about marine chronometers; marine chronometer, chronometer, Captian MacDonald, Pictou, Greenwich mean time.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:51.
SIDE B 00:32:02 -- 00:33:16
Discussion about chronometers continues; chronometers, marine chronometer, Greenwich mean time.
***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:38:24.
SIDE B 00:33:17 -- 00:38:24
A story about nearly colliding with the Victory Chimes continues; Victory Chimes, England, schooner, lumber, Cardigan, 1918, Captain MacDonald.
SIDE B 00:38:24 -- 00:39:39
Discussion about the M. M. Gardner as a rum runner; Shep Trenholm, Captain Rollie Betts, M. M. Gardner, diesel engines, Whitney Trenholm, rum running.
SIDE B 00:39:39 -- 00:41:55
Discussion about harbour pilots in Halifax and tugboats; Halifax, Captain Rollie Betts, tugboats, harbour pilots, Aquitania, Wallace, Foundation Martitime, Bansaga, Banswift, 1940s.
SIDE B 00:41:55 -- 00:45:24
Discussion about the M. M. Gardner continues, with mention of other rum runners; M. M. Gardner, rum running, Long Island, 12 mile limit, mother ships, Montauk Point, New York, Nassau, Nellie Dixon, Homewood, rum.
SIDE B 00:45:24 -- 00:47:23
A story about a rum runner begin caught; rum runnning, rum runner, rum, Montauk Point, Amazetia, seized.
***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:51:37.
SIDE B 00:47:23 -- 00:51:37
Discussion about the Marine; Marine, shipworms, Beunos Aires, Ireland, schooner, Weymouth, schooner, Marine, Johnson and Johnson, Jack Reid.
SIDE B 00:51:37 -- 00:53:51
Discussion about rum runners, false bottoms, and false bulkheads; rum runners, false bottom, false bulkhead, rum running.
***The tape is blank from 00:53:51 -- 01:04:04.
Tape ends at 01:04:04.
