"Our State's " Best of North
Carolina's winter event at the Grove Park
Inn has become an important part of the Core Sound
Waterfowl Museum's
programming calendar. This year, museum volunteers/boat builders
Jimmy
Amspacher, Bill Lathan and Jim Briley, shared their love for
wooden boat
building by building a flat-bottom Core Sound skiff during the
two-day
event. The snapshots here follow their progress. Special thanks
to
John Hodge for these photos.
A silent auction was held and Mr. Gary Rayle
of Hickory became the owner
of this historic (first boat ever built at the Grove Park) vessel.
A special thanks to Amy Wood, the staff at
the Grove Park and Our State
magazine for allowing the CSWM to be part of the "Best
of Our State"
program.