Abstract:
Asa B. Buck was a local Carteret County boatbuilder who worked from the 1920s through 1969. A North Carolina native, Buck began his career at the Bell Wallace shipyard in Morehead City. He also constructed and repaired small vessels for neighbors and personal use. Relying on homemade plans, Buck would sketch out each timber on the floor of his workshop and cut the associated lumber, usually Cedar, to form.