Join us at our 3rd Annual Family Boat Building event. It will be held this year on Saturday, June 30,  at the site of the Gwynn's Island Festival. If more time is needed to complete the boats we will finish on Sunday, July 1st.

It is open to anyone who has the desire to build a boat with the help of a professional boat builder. Come, bring your family or a group of friends and build a boat together in one to two days, and then take it home with you.

The event stresses interaction and cooperation among participating families and groups. It's not ten families building ten boats but rather ten families seeing to it that ten boats get built. Family and group members develop a strong sense of pride in each other as they see the value of each person's contribution to getting the task done.

The boat to be built this year is the Chesapeake Light Craft “Peace Canoe “. Designer John C. Harris says the peace canoe “is a fast and easy assembly. It's an excellent all-around canoe, stable but fast and easy to paddle and capable of carrying 600 pounds.”

The canoe will be in kit form with all pieces and parts pre-cut and ready for assembly. The price of this kit is $695.00. Space is limited, so reserve your spot early by contacting us via e-mail at info@mathewsmaritimemuseum.com 
or call Pete Hall at 804-693-9335.

If you would like a sneak preview of the "Peace Canoe" go to <www.chesapeakelightcraft.com/boats/peacecanoe.php>
         
Full details of the event will be available when you sign up to participate.