FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS

Jimmy Amspacher,
Marshallberg, North Carolina
Jimmy Amspacher grew up pulling crabpots, hauling scallops, and culling fish for the commercial fishhouses of his home community, Atlantic, NC. Here he experienced firsthand what made a "good work boat," learning from the fishermen and boat builders of Down East, as they worked the waters of Core Sound. Today he maintains the same high standards of traditional boat-building in his models and in his backyard boatbuilding operation.

Heber Guthrie,
Gloucester, North Carolina
Heber Guthrie inherited his passion and appreciation for Harkers Island boat-building from his father, Chauncey Guthrie, and his uncle, Julian Guthrie. They, in turn learned from Island legends Brady Lewis, Earl and James Rose, and a community of master boat builders. Today Guthrie honors the old ways in traditional boat-building demonstrations at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum throughout the year. Guthrie and his son Clifford are also model-boat builders and decoy carvers, keeping the family woodworking skills safe for another generation.