2014 Canoe / Classic Canoe

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Steve Abner

#101 – Steve Abner, Gray, KY

  • Boat Type: Canoe – Abenaki
  • Year Built:  2011
  • Year Restored:
  • Builders: Steve Abner
  • Material:  Cedar strip
  • Measurements: 16′ x 35″
  • Display:  land

#102 – Carley Abner, Jasper, GA
Category Winner

  • Boat Type: Canoe – Chestatte 115
  • Year Built: 2011
  • Builder: Carley Abner
  • Material: Cedar Strip
  • Measurements: 11’5″
  • Display: land

#103 – John Martin, Charleston, SC

  • Boat Type: Lapstrake Canoe – Edisto Double
  • Year Built: 2001
  • Builder: John Martin
  • Material: Okoume Plywood
  • Measurements: 14’7″ x 30″
  • Display: land

#104 – John Martin, Charleston, SC 
Special Award

  • Boat Type: Pirogue – Bascom Pirogue
  • Year Built: 2014
  • Builder: John Martin
  • Material: Cypress
  • Measurements: 15′ 4″ x 32″
  • Display: land

David Fowler

#105 – David Fowler, Murrells Inlet, SC

  • Boat Type: Canoe – Companion
  • Year Built: 2014
  • Builder:  David Fowler
  • Material: Wood/ Fiberglass
  • Measurements: 16’4″ x 34″
  • Display: land

#106 –  Ted Bullock, Charleston, SC

  • Boat Type:  Canoe – Can You
  • Year Built: 2008
  • Builder: Ted Bullock
  • Material: Cedar
  • Measurements: 18′ x 30″
  • Display: land

#107 –  Doug Roberts, Moundsville, WV

  • Boat Type:  Canoe – Hiawatha
  • Year Built: 1998
  • Year Restored: In Progress
  • Builder: Doug Roberts
  • Material: Cedar
  • Measurements: 15′ x 34″
  • Display: land

#108 –  Doug Roberts, Moundsville, WV

  • Boat Type:  Skin on Frame Canoe – Nicky B
  • Year Built: 2012
  • Year Restored: In Progress
  • Builder: Doug & Doug’s foreign exchange student from Russia, Nicole
  • Material: Cedar with poly skin
  • Measurements: 12′ x 28″
  • Display: land

Classic Canoe – 5o years or older

#151 – Robbin Cobia, Greensboro, NC

  • Boat Type: Old Town Canoe
  • Year Built: 1923
  • Year Restored: 2014
  • Builder:  Old Town
  • Material: Cedar & Canvas
  • Measurements: 17′ x 32″
  • Display: land

#152 – Robbin Cobia, Greensboro, NC

  • Boat Type: Old Town Canoe
  • Year Built: 1931
  • Year Restored: 2010
  • Builder: Old Town
  • Material: Cedar & Canvas
  • Measurements: 16′ x 32″
  • Display: Land

#153 – Michael Grace, West Melbourne, FL
Category Winner

  • Boat Type: Willits Brothers Sailing Canoe – Vermilion
  • Year Built: 1956
  • Year Restored: never, completely original
  • Builder: Willits Bothers canoe Co., Tacoma, WA
  • Material: Red cedar, white oak, Honduran mahogany, Phillipine mahogany, spruce, brass, copper
  • Measurements: 17′ x 34″
  • Display: land

#154 – River Grace, West Melbourne, FL
Special Award

  • Boat Type: Cedar-canvas canoe – Riverboy
  • Year Built: 1926
  • Year Restored: 2011-2013
  • Builder: Kennebeck Canoe Co., Waterville, ME
  • Material: Western red cedar, northern white cedar, African mahogany, white oak, brass
  • Measurements: 12′ x 32″
  • Display: land

#155 – Bill Oram-Smith, Murrells Inlet, SC

  • Boat Type: Canoe – Otca
  • Year Built: 1920
  • Year Restored: 2001 – Island Falls Canoe
  • Builder: Old Town
  • Material: Spruce, oak, birch
  • Measurements: 17′ x 4′
  • Display: land

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