SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:09:55
Discussion about trips to and from British Guiana, with mention of a pet monkey; Lady Hawkins, British Guiana, Guyana, schooner prices, Captain John Tuddy, Douglas E. Parks, Halifax, lumber, salt, monkey, schooner, Captain William Trenholm, Jack MacDonald, Lunenburg, Louisbourg.
SIDE A 00:09:55 -- 00:12:47
Discussion about superstitions and old time sailors; superstitions, sailors, keel hauling.
SIDE A 00:12:47 -- 00:18:21
Discussion about the sinking of the Cape D'Or, with mention of different old ships; Cape D'Or, sinking ship, Guysborough, Clackamas, Thetus, Marine, Francis Parsons, tonnage, Cape Blomidon.
SIDE A 00:18:21 -- 00:31:06
Discussion about rum running and a story about a trip to Barbados with his wife Mary; rum running, Barbados, West Indies, salt, Turks Island, Louisbourg, rum, quart bottle, Captain William Trenholm, whiskey, Felurnam, liquor prices, black diamond rum.
SIDE A 00:31:07 -- 00:33:51
A story about his father, rum, and Walter Lord; Walter Lord, rum, Captain William Trenholm, strong rum.
SIDE A 00:33:51 -- 00:37:23
A story about his father in a fight; fight, Captain William Trenholm.
SIDE A 00:37:23 -- 00:41:58
Discussion about his father and a story about having a gun aboard; Captain William Trenholm, fight, guns, Gaspe, Jim Riley, revolver, knife.
SIDE A 00:41:58 -- 00:46:14
Discussion about taking over his father's business and his last schooner; schooners, Captain William Trenholm, will, tugboat.
SIDE A 00:46:14 -- 00:47:53
Discussion about building boats; lobster boats, shipbuilding, Georgetown, lobster fishing.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:53.
SIDE B 00:47:59 -- 00:51:08
Discussion about lobster boats and fishing continues, with mention of moving around; 1938, Georgetown, shipbuilding, diesel engines, lobster boats, shipbuilding, fishing.
***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:54:24.
SIDE B 00:51:11 -- 00:54:24
Discussion about blacksmiths in shipyards; shipyards, blacksmiths, welding, forges, schooner prices, Lunenburg, galvanizing, Abegweit.
SIDE B 00:54:24 -- 00:57:18
Discussion about building lobster boats continues; shipbuilding, lobster boats, lobster boat prices, Angus Ferguson.
SIDE B 00:57:18 -- 01:00:21
Discussion about the Nellie Dixon and other ships his father owned; Fredonia, Nellie Dixon, 1889, Captain William Trenholm, Urania, Marine, schooners, 1926, 1927, 1952, J. W. Allen, Donald II, 1918, Minnie, Freddie A. Higgins, Raybird, Victoria, Telephone, Happy Go Lucky, tonnage.
SIDE B 01:00:21 -- 01:05:32
A story about sailing through a hurricane, with mention of molasses; Bermuda, hurricane, molasses, storm, sails, canvas.
***The tape appears to have stopped at 01:17:07.
SIDE B 01:05:32 -- 01:17:07
A story about seeing a submarine during WWII while on the Nellie Dixon; submarine, U-boat, WWII, Nellie Dixon, coal, Cape Breton, Germans, 1941.
SIDE B 01:17:07 -- 01:29:59
Discussion about hauling coal and produce on the Nellie Dixon, with mention of hauling coal to Newfoundland during WWII; Nellie Dixon, coal, Louisbourg, Cape Breton, lumber, Newfoundland, WWII, sinking, potatoes, produce, Walter Lord, Sydney, Herb Taker, wages, shipping, Newfoundlanders.
***Tape stopped at 01:33:50.
SIDE B 01:30:00 -- 01:35:54
A story about hauling potatoes from P.E.I. to Cape Breton; Red Bill Malcolm, Christmas, potatoes, shipping, Thompson, McNeely, Compton, Jardine, Cape Breton.
Tape ends at 01:35:54.
***Tape ends mid-sentence.
