[EXPIRED] Chesapeake Bay Buyboats Coming to Elizabeth City, August 5-7, AICW Alternate Route Statute Mile 50
The visit of the Chesapeake Buyboats to the friendliest-to-boaters community on the Waterway, Elizabeth City – A SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR! is just another reason to make Elizabeth City and Mariner’s Wharf one of your stopping points!
Take a free tour of the Chesapeake Bay Buyboats and learn some of the history while talking with their captains.
August 6, 2015 from 11:00 am ‘“ 5:00 pm at Waterfront Park in Downtown Elizabeth City, www.oysterbuyboats.com
These unique crafts that were used to haul seafood and cargo using the Chesapeake Bay waterways before many of the peninsulas were connected by bridges. As the seafood harvest declined and highways became the mode of travel the large graceful buyboats faded from local waters. There are, perhaps, not more than 30 of the oyster buyboats remaining on the Bay.
The Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association is comprised of owners and people who share the love of these big boats. The owners maintain and operate the remaining buyboats at their own expense. The owners bring their boats to ports around the Bay each summer so that the public can stand on the decks, touch them and understand their importance in history.
Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
400 S. Water St., Suite 101, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: (252) 335-5330
Fax: (252) 335-1733
Our Website: www.DiscoverElizabethCity.com
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