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SUMMARY:Author Barrie Farrell book signing: Chapters Nanaimo
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/author-barrie-farrell-book-signing-chapters-nanaimo/
LOCATION:Chapters Nanaimo :: 6670 Mary Ellen Dr  Nanaimo, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p>Join Nanaimo author and boat building legend Barrie Farrell at a book signing and reading from his new book Boats in my Blood.</p>=0D=0A=
<p>The 81-year-old still works on his boats in Nanaimo and was ready to return to his workshop to do some finishing work on a craft after his interview with the News Bulletin.</p>=0D=0A=
<p>Despite only attending school until Grade 6, Farrell became sought after for his boat designs and is known for being a pioneer in the B.C. boat building industry, He didn&rsquo;t receive any training to learn how to create boat designs.</p>=0D=0A=
<p>Many people call him up today and ask for his creations. &ldquo;I guess, I&rsquo;m an artist. I was just natural at it. I found my calling,&rdquo; said Farrell. The gillnetters and trollers he constructed and designed were staples in the B.C. Salmon Fleet in the 1970s and &rsquo;80s. By the 1990s he had built more than 300 boats. Farrell said he decided to write his memoir because he felt the history should be &ldquo;written down on paper.&rdquo;</p>
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