36th ANNUAL – JUNE 19-26, 2021
Bill Trout made it to Maiden’s landing just fine and set up his table with a few things to show. There were a lot of tubers and various other plastic boaters on this nice sunny Saturday! Walking up the bank waiting for batteaux to arrive, I came upon Diane Easley sitting at a small table…
The mid afternoon sun glowing through the trees along the walkway by the river in Wingina was beautiful today! I arrived to find Bill Trout sitting with long time batteauist and musician Jason Hatcher and his friend on the other side of Bill playing a guitar and singing. The man with the guitar said that…
It was a fantastic morning at Gail Timberlake’s house in Powhatan, Virginia. John Rothert, one of the JRBF Founders, was there directing how to place people and what to do in the boat flipping process. When John gave the signal we lifted the boat and then we went around several people at a time and…
The batteau Lady’s Slipper will be flipped this Saturday, May 11th at 9am at Gail Timberlake’s House. Please come out and help the ladies! Thank you !
The batteaux traveled from Wingina to Howardsville on Tuesday. The river was high, fast and muddy, but was slowly receding and calming down all during the day. The batteau Ladies Slipper was the first to arrive. The rest of the batteaux came in a few at a time and seemed to take their sweet time…