Wooden boats draw crowd to Gerogetown
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Crowds walk along Front Street in Georgetown during the 20th Annual Wooden Boat Show Saturday. Frank Johnson/WBTW
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Wooden canoes were only some of the boats on display Saturday at the 20th Annual Wooden Boat Show in Georgetown. Frank Johnson/WBTW
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The Mrs. Key is one of many wooden boats on display in Georgetown Saturday. Frank Johnson/WBTW
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Craftsmen work to build wooden skiffs as part of a boat building competition Saturday in Georgetown. Frank Johnson/WBTW
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Wooden boats weren't the only things on display Saturday in Georgetown, wooden fish were on hand too. Frank Johnson/WBTW
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Crowds on Front Street in Georgetown admire the wooden boats on display at the 20th Annual Wooden Boat Show Saturday. Frank Johnson/WBTW
Frank Johnson/WBTW
Children put their recently constructed wooden boats to the test during Saturday’s 20th Annual Wooden Boat Show in Georgetown.
Published: October 17, 2009
Updated: October 17, 2009
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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