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This is a Bald Eagle we saw hunting on the way from Howardsville to Scottsvill
Sedalia Endeavor & Morning Dew, taken from on top of rock island.
Tom Moore – Anthony Rucker
Mason Basten, packing oakum
Virginia Creeper, coming into Goolsby’s
Dreaming Creek, coming into [...]
The Lord Chesterfield was off the ramp and in the river by 11 a.m. today and pretty much ready to go by 2:30! Theres “a little bit of a water problem,” possibly water coming in somewhere around the kingplank, but so far no cause for alarm. We know what a Big Fat Water Problem looks like, [...]
There was a column by Darrell Laurant published in The News & Advance in Lynchburg on Thursday 6-17-2010.
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/opinion/darrell_laurant/article/wheres_the_batteau_buzz/27902/#comments
I wrote a long comment regarding the column and the other comments. I’m re-posting my comments here:
With all due Respect to Mr. Laurant’s opinion about the state of the batteau festival and all the other comments regarding Lynchburg, I [...]
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Batteau “Thomas Jefferson’s Spirit of New London”
Glen Shrewsbury holds back batteau from the raging waters in New London.
The batteau “Thomas Jefferson’s Spirit of New London” was on display May 1st in New London. Capt. Glen Shrewsbury and other members of the [...]
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The Batteau “Rose of Nelson” participated in the 4th annual Rivanna River Regatta while on the trailer. A nice exhibit was on display for the VC&NS, showing atlas’s and photos, etc. Many people stopped by to talk about the [...]
The new Batteau “Columbia Drifter” was recently flipped over. Alex Shaw (Andrew Shaw’s Brother from the Batteau “Debbie”) is the contact person. More details and photos [...]
The Batteau “Rosalee” was recently flipped over. See the posting for photos by Doug Berry. [...]
The boat has been named the “Spirit of Buckingham”. There are ten people total involved in the building/navigating of the vessel. The crew consists of Roy Turner(of the former Manteo batteau), Barry Crickenberger(of the former Buccaneer batteau), Mitch Crickenberger, Josh Craft, Shaun Saunders, Brian Staton, Jack Buni, Woody Dunkum, Ronnie Craft, and Randy Waycaster. At this time the boat is nearly complete, and is sunken at Roy Turner’s pond. [...]
Captain Roger Huffman–most often found sitting in his chair by the back sweep, telling of lies (and sometimes truths that sound like lies), and keeping us off of rocks. [...]
Wednesday Morning I shuttled to Warren’s Ferry. I paddled along with Doug Berry. He in his hybrid canoe/kayk and I in my old Mohawk red canoe.
We arrived at the island below Goolsbys Falls about 9:30 am. We got lots of good photos of almost all the batteaux in the festival, only missing a couple or [...]
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