GEORGETOWN – Wooden boat fans flocked to the waterfront and Front Street Saturday for the 20th Annual Wooden Boat Show Saturday.
The event was set to feature one of the nation's premier wooden boat exhibits, a wooden boatbuilding competition, children's model boatbuilding, knot tying, maritime art & crafts, food and music.
The highlight of the show is the wooden boat building contest.
Participants have four hours to build a boat and then take them to the river.
At 5 p.m. the competitors will test their completed skiffs for seaworthiness in a rowing relay across the Sampit River. The teams will be judged on speed of construction, quality of work and rowing ability.
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