2016 Owner Designed & Built

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#701 – Kenneth Hewett, Supply, NC
Category Winner

  • Boat Type: Slow Trawler Yacht – FOLLY GIRL
  • Year Built: 2015
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Kenneth Hewett & Don Dosher
  • Material: Mostly Juniper
  • Measurements: 38′ x 13′
  • Display: Water

#702 – Dave Fisher, Columbus, NC
People’s Choice Award

  • Boat Type: Double Ended – DRAGONFLY
  • Year Built: 2014-2015
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Dave Fisher
  • Material: Eastern white Pine, Cedar
  • Measurements: 17′
  • Display: Land

#703 – Dave Fisher, Columbus, NC

  • Boat Type: Flat Bottom – LITTLE BIT
  • Year Built: 2011
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Dave Fisher
  • Material: Plywood, Red Cedar, White Pine
  • Measurements: 8’4″
  • Display: Land

#704 – Bob Smith, Chester, SC

  • Boat Type: Inboard Runabout – LINDA ANNE
  • Year Built: 2014
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Bob Smith
  • Material: African Mahogany
  • Measurements: 20′ x 76″
  • Display: Water

#705 – Danny W. Cook, Summerville, SC

  • Boat Type: Custom Craft (semi kit) Runabout – Seagoing Runabout PB-29-D
  • Year Built: 1954-1956
  • Year Restored: Unrestored
  • Builder: Howard F. Rease
  • Material: Plywood
  • Measurements: 13’4″ x 63″
  • Display: Land

#706 – Michael Phelan, Boca Raton, FL

  • Boat Type: Panga
  • Year Built: 2016
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Michael Phelan
  • Material: Okoume/Teak/Mahogany
  • Measurements: 21′ x 7′
  • Display: Land

#707 – Joel & Bobbie Taylor, Thomasville, NC

  • Boat Type: Wooden Work Skiff – BAILEY
  • Year Built: 2015
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Joel & Bobbie Taylor ( J & B Custom Boats )
  • Material: Wood
  • Measurements: 16′
  • Display: Land

#708 – Syd Chipman, Lenoir, SC

  • Boat Type: Sharpie – CUMULATIVE ERRORS
  • Year Built: 2004
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Syd Chipman
  • Material: Scrap Plywood & Epoxy
  • Measurements: 22′
  • Display: Land

#709 – Matthew Gunning, Summerville, SC
Special Award

  • Boat Type: Outboard Runabaout – SPITFIRE
  • Year Built: 2005
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Matthew Gunning
  • Material: Marine Plywood, Mahogany, Oak & Ash
  • Measurements: 14’6″ x 6′ 2″
  • Display: Land

#710 – Matthew Gunning, Summerville, SC

  • Boat Type: Stand Up Fishing Kayak – SPARTINA1
  • Year Built: 2016
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Matthew Gunning
  • Material: Marine Plywood, Walnut, Cypress
  • Measurements: 12’8″ x 41″
  • Display: Land

#711 – Matthew Gunning, Summerville, SC

  • Boat Type: Stand Up Fishing Kayak – SPARTINA2
  • Year Built: 2016
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Matthew Gunning
  • Material: Marine Plywood, Walnut, Cypress
  • Measurements: 12’8″ x 41″
  • Display: Land

#712 – Tommy Graham, McClellanville, SC

  • Boat Type: Houseboat – ALERT
  • Year Built: 2003
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Tommy Graham
  • Material: Pine & Cypress
  • Measurements: 28′3″ x 9′2″
  • Display: Water

#713 – Aaron Locke, Southport, NC

  • Boat Type: Stitch & Glue Kayak – LOCKE17
  • Year Built: 2016
  • Year Restored: N/A
  • Builder: Aaron Locke
  • Material: Okoume/Sapele Plywood
  • Measurements: 17′ x 23″
  • Display: Land

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