36th ANNUAL – JUNE 19-26, 2021
The 36th annual James River Batteau Festival ended on a nice day at Maiden’s Landing in Powhatan, Virginia. The new batteau built by Andrew Shaw and his friends came poling in looking great and was the first to arrive. Bill Trout was up on the bank overlooking the bridge and boat ramp area. He was…
Food Vendors that are planning to be at the 2021 JRBF: GALT’S MILL: El Cabritos Food Truck: Menu posted by food truck. No Breakfast BENT CREEK: VITO’S Pizza: Pizza & Subs No Breakfast WINGINA Mexican Food Truck: Menu posted by food truck. No Breakfast HOWARDSVILLE: Masonic Lodge Group at Camp-Kitchen: Spaghetti Breakfast cooked on site.…
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…
Maiden’s Landing was busy and the parking lot full when I arrived in mid-afternoon and it was starting to get hot and was real hot inside the facilities in the field. It was surprising to see the Mary Marshall at the landing earlier than expected. Andrew Shaw and his crew took the batteau out and…
There is a new page with this information in the menu bar and also posted here: “Rucker Landing” – Amherst Public Boat Ramp Percival’s Island Galt’s Mill Bent Creek Wingina Howardsville Scottsville Slate River Cartersville Maiden’s Landing
The 2017 James River Batteau Festival came to a quiet end at Maiden’s Landing on Saturday, June 24th. Photographer Doug Berry was there and shared the above photos! The rain that was expected from a tropical storm a few days earlier went north and the day ended up being mostly sunny. The batteaux and other…
Wow, Look at the actual data on the above chart. See how the level changed from Friday to Saturday and then Sunday. This graph shows that the predictions from up-river of a big flush of water on the way were really accurate. Thanks to everyone for taking precautions ahead of this water. Photos above by…
Lisa Barbieri from the batteau “Clifton Lee” loves this photo of her standing on the front of her new boat approaching the Maiden’s bridge. She said: “I love that picture of me named water willow. My crew member Keith Flanagan snapped that as I was taking the Clifton Lee into Maidens. The colors are amazing and…
Our friend Doug Berry has been taking some photos for the JRBF this week and also paddling a canoe writes about Maiden’s Landing: Doug Berry said: “I came in first at Maiden’s Landing. (No kidding, as far as I know I was the first canoe/kayak.) The first batteau in was Randy Waycaster and the Slate…
The batteau “Slate River” arrived first at Maiden’s on Saturday afternoon. Photos from Maiden’s Landing: Maiden’s Landing was calm and laid back as the batteaux slowly started coming in. T-shirt sales for the JRBF were going well. I was excited to get a nice golf shirt with the sweep jrbf logo (not the old oval…