Record #:

7983

Author(s):

Wicker, Jim

Abstract:

When California native Chuck McKinnon moved to North Carolina on business, he decided to design a cement boat in his spare time. He had to move back to California before he could finish it, so he left the boat in the backyard of A. D. Cobb in Guilford County because of its proximity to the building site. The boat is forty-five feet long, twelve feet deep, and twelve feet wide, which causes locals to refer to it as the ark. Cobb would love to put the boat in the water, but it was docked on land upside-down.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 53 Issue 2, July 1985, p15, il

Subject(s):

Boats and boating; Boatbuilding--Concrete boats

Record #:

8915

Author(s):

Jennewein, Paul

Abstract:

W. John Craig of Wilmington is building a boat at nearby Masonboro Boat Yard; however, he is using some nontraditional boat building material. The fifty-foot boat will use chicken wire, sand, and cement. Jennewein discusses the project. The ferro-cement technique is not new. The first boat was built in 1848, and countless barges have been built of the material.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, Feb 1972, p16-17, 24, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boatbuilding--Wilmington; Boatbuilding--Concrete boats