Seven families and 16 boat shop volunteers braved the heat for the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum (RFM) Family Boat Build June 21-23 under the Wendell G. Haynie Pavilion at RFM.
The families included the Woodson, Ellett, Meehan, Taylor, Small, Maddox and Wright/Carter groups. Boat shop volunteers were organizer David Clark, Tom Melhuish, Bill Small, Brent Stansbury, Andy Sitison, Don Stone, Pat Darr, Ted Hower, Tom Miller, Lionel Whitcomb, Bill Brent, Bill Turville, Elliot Curzon, Charlie Staker, George Kranda and Robert Gwaltney.
Special thanks to Lilian Lumber for the use of their commercial fans and Smith Point Sea Rescue for monitoring the first launch of the Mabel Skiffs, said RFM executive director Shauna McCranie.
