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Boats and boatbuilding have been an important part of life on the coast of North Carolina since the time of the first settlers. Boats were not only used for the catching of seafood but for transporting goods and people from community to community. The creeks, rivers and sounds became the highways of the region long before roads were built. People built boats for themselves and the ones that had a knack for it began to build boats for friends and relatives; and for some boatbuilding became a business. Today, at the North Carolina Maritime Museum's Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center they are in the process of preserving the wooden boatbuilding heritage of North Carolina for this and future generations.
The North Carolina Watercraft Center at Beaufort, NC, offers an extensive range of boatbuilding classes throughout the year. These include boatbuilding carpentry, lofting, lift half-model carving, oar and spar construction, and plane making. During regular one-week classes students construct individual skiff, while the Boat-in-a-Day program is an opportunity for parents and children to join together in building a small flat-bottomed rowboat.
One of the most famous ship recently discovered (1997) is believed to be that of the infamous pirate Blackbeard, the Queen Anne's Revenge. It was run aground off of Bogue Sound. State archaeologists and divers have retrieved from the wreckage many interesting artifacts, which can be seem at the North Carolina Maritime Museum and Museum's Repository. For more information on wooden boat building and the programs at the Watercraft Center, click on the link below.
We hope you enjoy your visit and shopping experience. If you do not find a particular item of a boat/ship you would like to purchase, just complete the Special Request form and we will try to obtain it for you. Many of our craftsmen will build or create by special request. An estimate of the cost and the time required for finishing the item (and a picture, if available) will be emailed to you for you to determine if you wish to purchase. We require one half of the cost at the time when the order is placed and the balance upon completion before shipping.
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