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 [...]
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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. [...] #gallery-1 { I visited with the crew of the batteau “Miss Debbie” tonight and got a few pictures. The boat is floatiing great. They will have to sink it down to get under the railroad bridge to tow upriver to Monacan Park. [...] This is how the latest Brunswick Belle started. Can’t wait to get on the river. Boat kit…Some sizing/assembly required [...] The Sedalia Endeavor is in the water, swelling up so she will hopefully be tight as a drum this year for the festival. The crew is taking a much needed break from batteau building, getting their plans together for June! They still have boxes and walkboards left on the agenda, but will complete [...]
The batteau "James River" on her last voyage in 2003 on the James River. (Photo By Doug Berry) I was surfing the other day and ran across a wikipidia listing on batteau. I think they had it spelled with one t, but anyway I looked at the photo of the boat and couldn’t believe it. That [...] The Runner is safe, sound, and loaded on the trailer. A hearty “THANKS” to everyone who showed up last weekend. For months I have been losing sleep wondering if we would have enough people to flip the boat. As things turned out, I think there were about 10 people standing around when the [...] Whooo! The Lord Chesterfield’s trailer passed inspection! You Might Be a Batteau Person If … the time is near folks. Our crew is excited about getting the boat out of the lake and do some work on it. we will be doing this on may 16 from lunchtime on into the night. we will be cokin out and havin a good time.can’t wait to see you all on [...] |
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