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2008 Pre-Festival Information – Looking back:
These pages are selected excerpts from photos sent in or taken
in preparation for the 2008 James River Batteau Festival.
Thank you to everyone who sent in photos and information
in advance of this years
festival. Holt
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The following selected excerpts from blog paragraphs and photos
are as they appeared before the 2008 festival:
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Friday Night Update: The boats are getting ready to go. It was exciting to see the new Thomas Jefferson III being launched. Norm Hansen is one of the founding Captains and their new boat is beautiful. The steam bent boards on the ends are awesome. When poling up-river for a ride, one of the Hansen's fell in off the gunwale. It was funny, and too far away to get a picture.
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Photos from Saturday June 7, 2008 preparing the Wingina Site! Photos by Jacob Neal.
The Wingina site was cleaned and prepared on Saturday. Helping out were Mike & Jacob Neal, Bill & Nancy Trout,
Roger Huffman and Tanzir Haque. Jacob also said "...it was a HOT day let me tell ya!!!"
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The new Batteau "Thomas Jefferson III" – 48' long, 7' wide.
Left to right - Eric w/ third generation batteauman Carter, Captain Norm,
Nick, Chris, Jeremy, and Kevin Hansen.
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The Batteau "Maple Run" being packed with oakum. Click here or photo above to see photos
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