43rd Annual Wooden Boat Show

10th Annual National Beaufort Boatbuilding Challenge 2017 Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 6 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. New Boat Launchings

Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Registration of Boats Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge, 1718” North Carolina Maritime Museum

9 a.m. Judges Meeting, Beaufort National Boat Building Challenge Under the Big Tent

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Exhibit of Wooden Boats North Carolina Maritime Museum – Front St. and Parking Lot

Wooden Boat Kids North Carolina Maritime Museum Front Patio & Breezeway & Museum Back Parking Lot

Sailing Radio-Controlled Model Boats North Carolina Maritime Museum Front Patio

Maritime Music and Sea Chanteys by Bob Zentz North Carolina Maritime Museum Outside Patio

Carolina Maritime Model Society Ship Model Exhibition North Carolina Maritime Museum Auditorium

Knot Tying Demonstrations by Don Van Hoy Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

Display of Wooden Model North Carolina Boats by Robert Tuttle Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

In-Water Boat Show From a Barbour Boat to a traditional Core Sounder fishing boat and others may offer tours aboard. Beaufort Waterfront Docks

43rd Annual Wooden Boat Show

10th Annual National Beaufort Boatbuilding Challenge 2017 Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 6 (continued)

See the Cricket II, the boat that inspired the movie Jaws Beaufort Waterfront Docks

See the Ada Mae, North Carolina Skipjack Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Boating Skills Virtual Trainer by Fort Macon Sail & Power Squadrons North Carolina Maritime Museum Library

10:30 a.m. Builder’s Meeting, Beaufort National Boat Building Challenge Under the Big Tent

11 a.m. “Start Your Skil Saws!” Beaufort National Challenge Begins Under the Big Tent (Challenge Start Whistle)

11 a.m. Spritsail Race Taylor’s Creek

11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cub Scout Hot Dogs Under the Big Tent

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Go Sailing in a Traditional Wooden Boat or take the oars on a Viking Ship FREE, $5 per person donation suggested. Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

2 p.m. Beaufort Oars Gig Race

3 p.m. “Tools Down!” Beaufort National Challenge Build Ends Under the Big Tent (“Stop Whistle”)

3 p.m. Quality Judging Begins Beaufort National Boat Building Challenge Under the Big Tent (“Stop Whistle”)

3 p.m. Traditional Sailboat Races Taylor’s Creek

43rd Annual Wooden Boat Show

10th Annual National Beaufort Boatbuilding Challenge 2017 Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 6 (continued) 4 p.m. Rowing Relay Race Begins, Beaufort National Boat Building

Challenge Beaufort Docks (Boats in the Water!)

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Wooden Boat Show Awards Reception Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. 10th Annual Beaufort National Boatbuilding Challenge Awards Banquet

6 p.m. Raffle Drawing, Beaufort National Boat Building Challenge

Pre-and-Post Event Schedule

Thursday, May 4 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge, 1718”

North Carolina Maritime Museum

1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Go Sailing in a Traditional Wooden Boat FREE, $5 per person donation suggested. Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

7 p.m. Sea chanteys and maritime-themed music by Bob Zentz Auditorium, North Carolina Maritime Museum

Friday, May 5 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge, 1718”

North Carolina Maritime Museum

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Boating Skills Virtual Trainer by Fort Macon Sail & Power Squadrons North Carolina Maritime Museum Library

1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Go Sailing in a Traditional Wooden Boat or take the oars on a Viking Ship FREE, $5 per person donation suggested. Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

43rd Annual Wooden Boat Show 10th Annual National Beaufort Boatbuilding Challenge

2017 Schedule of Events Friday, May 5 (continued) 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 43rd Annual Wooden Boat Show Opening Party with music by

Bob Zentz Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

6 p.m. Governor's Presentation - Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award Michael B. Alford North Carolina Maritime Museum’s first maritime curator Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

Sunday, May 7 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge, 1718”

North Carolina Maritime Museum

1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Boating Skills Virtual Trainer by Fort Macon Sail & Power Squadrons North Carolina Maritime Museum Library

Visit the Annual Wooden Boat Show website

www.beaufortwoodenboatshow.com

Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center

The Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center at the North Carolina Maritime Museum carries on the

rich boatbuilding heritage of the North Carolina coast through wooden boat building courses.

These courses bring together participants of all ages from different parts of the country with a

“common thread of creativity.”

Learn about the 2017 wooden boatbuilding courses www.thewatercraftcenter.com

North Carolina Maritime Museum, 315 Front Street, Beaufort, NC 28516

252-728-7327 www.ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com