Each participating team assembles a prepared kit for a small flat-bottomed plywood boat suitable for paddling in this course, held in the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort’s Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center. The boat is 12 feet long, 32 inches wide, and weighs about 40...

Each participating team assembles a prepared kit for a small flat-bottomed plywood boat suitable for paddling in this course, held in the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort’s Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center. The boat is 12 feet long, 32 inches wide, and weighs about 40...

The 45th Annual Beaufort Wooden Boat Show has been brought to a successful close. Picture perfect weather drew thousands to Beaufort’s downtown waterfront for the heritage boat display, which featured more than 50 powered, rowed and sail boats lining Front Street, the N.C. Maritime Museum parking...