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2018 Oriental In-Water Boat Show
A British Seagull, a Chris Craft, and a Swift Trawler all in one place
April 18, 2018

O
riental’s Rotary Club is the driving force behind the Oriental In-Water Boat Show, one of the biggest and most successful small town boat shows between Annapolis and Savannah. This year, through sun and rain, the show hosted over 100 vendors, multiple brokers, and seminars on modern boat building and marine weather. With the proceeds from this show, the Rotary Club is able to fund several scholarships for Pamlico High School seniors. The numbers from this year’s event are not yet in, however last year the Rotary Club had $30,000 to fund 6 scholarships.

Rotary is currently taking applications for those scholarships. Interested students should contact their guidance counselors at Pamlico High School or Judge Jim Ragan at 252-249-1156 for details.

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The Wooden Boat Exhibition has several entries. Visitors voted on their favorites.

Work boats, power boats, sail boats, and wooden boats were all on display. While a wooden skiff was being built under a tent on the main strip, the featured boat for 2018, the Beneteau Swift Trawler, took visitors for rides in the harbor courtesy of St. Barts Yachts.

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The feature boat of the 2018 Boat Show: A Beneteau Swift Trawler.

Elsewhere on the asphalt, brokers and builders displayed their work. Graham Byrnes and his crew of B & B Yacht Designs exhibited his wooden boat designs, accented with beautiful finger scarf joints and adjustable wooden seats. Graham sells boat plans and boat kits.

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B&B Yacht Designs sells boat plans and boat kits. He brought a few examples to the show.

Rose Bay Boats, a new builder from Smithfield, showed off their new 23 ft guide boat built for sports fishermen.

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Roy Page with Rose Bay Boats.

The Coast Guard unit from Hobucken arrived on Saturday, inviting attendees to tour their 45ft RB-M (Response Boat -Medium) and answering questions about their service and duties in and around the Pamlico Sound.

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Members of the Coast Guard invited visitors to tour their Response Boat.

Two boats-in-the-works were present; one was being built for the show by Harkers Island native Heber Guthrie and raffled off at the close of the show on Sunday. The other was by Mission Navigation, an organization that builds safe work boats for third-world Christian missions. The boat at this show is looking for volunteers to help complete the work before being sent off to Haiti.

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Mission Navigation builds workboats for missions in third-world countries, using the help of volunteers.

The Nautical Flea Market had finds of all kinds, from blocks and old British engines to navigation lights and the odd giant rooster.

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The Nautical Flea Market had much to offer – from old outboards to giant fowl.

A time lapse video of Heber Guthrie’s wooden boat building over the weekend is below. More pictures from the 2018 Boat Show are on the next page.

Heber Guthrie and his assistant Ian Brice complete a boat in three days.

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Oriental Boat Show 2018
Jan Kleinrath used to live in Oriental. She moved to the mountains years ago, but still visits to sell her hats.
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A family checks out one of the power boats together.”
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The Rotary club provided meals throughout the day – eggs, sausage, and cheese on a muffin for breakfast, burgers for lunch or dinner.
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Bill Wheeler stands between peach salsa and a happy place.
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Stanley Feignenbaum distributes UK made Beta Marine diesels engines nationwide – from his nearby Minnesott Beach location.
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The Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival, another annual Oriental event, invited musicians for the event.
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Rita Vorleiter and John Deaton of Deaton Yacht Services.
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Andy Roberts of Norton Yacht Services.
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Norton Yacht Services showed a Jeanneau 349.
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Views from the Wooden Boat Exhibition, some up close and personal.
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Peter Waterson of Seacoast Marine had Raymarine electronics on display.
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Curtis Stokes Brokerage exhibited a Nordic Tug 37 – Mazel Tug.
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Rope for sale at the Nautical Flea Market.
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Faux-vintage motivational poster up for sale.

Posted Wednesday April 18, 2018 by Allison DeWeese


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